Valouse
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Valouse (INSEE 26363) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 41 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 3,513 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE SNACK DE VALOUSE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE SNACK DE VALOUSE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 38 (2012) → 41 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 25 (1990) → 41 (2023): 64 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 38, of which 52.6 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Condorcet): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Condorcet): 8.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Nyons): 12.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Nyons): 12.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Ferréol-Trente-Pas): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MONTJOUX weather station, 9.2 km away at 491 m; the village itself is at 712 m. [11]
The village sits 221 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-NAZAIRE-LE-D, 12.5 km away at 607 m, over 28 summers. [11]
That station sits 105 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MONTJOUX, 9.2 km away at 491 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26363/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26363/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26363/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26363/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26103
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26220
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26304
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bourguet | 83 | 130 km SE | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sentenac-de-Sérou | 09 | 348 km SW | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beaulieu-en-Argonne | 55 | 508 km N | 37 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orliac | 24 | 328 km W | 43 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle | 19 | 256 km W | 41 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oppedette | 04 | 67 km SE | 43 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppedette | 04 | 67 km SE | 43 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bourguet | 83 | 130 km SE | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle | 19 | 256 km W | 41 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orliac | 24 | 328 km W | 43 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sentenac-de-Sérou | 09 | 348 km SW | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beaulieu-en-Argonne | 55 | 508 km N | 37 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Valouse's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochefort-sur-Brévon | 21 | 367 km N | 42 | 2.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Salsein | 09 | 378 km SW | 47 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Charens | 26 | 26 km E | 32 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 77 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vertault | 21 | 389 km N | 50 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brémur-et-Vaurois | 21 | 367 km N | 45 | 1.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
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