Vassieux-en-Vercors

Drôme · CC du Royans-Vercors · INSEE 26364

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vassieux-en-Vercors (INSEE 26364) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Royans-Vercors. Population 341 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26364-vassieux-en-vercors

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 18,029 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.7	10	7.05
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ROC-ART'PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PERCE-NEIGE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (L'EDELWEISS · LES ESPELINES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GEORGES MAGNAT). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VASSIEUX EN VERCORS AP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE LE TETRAS LYRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES PINS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ROC-ART'PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PERCE-NEIGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	L'EDELWEISS · LES ESPELINES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GEORGES MAGNAT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VASSIEUX EN VERCORS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	AUBERGE LE TETRAS LYRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LES PINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 257 peak 2007: 355 2023: 341 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 347 (2012) → 341 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 283 (1990) → 341 (2023): 20.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 36.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 8.7 km NEPharmacy — 8.8 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Vassieux-en-Vercors): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vassieux-en-Vercors): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chapelle-en-Vercors): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chapelle-en-Vercors): 8.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vassieux-en-Vercors): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.2

Days at or below 0 °C 118.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 118 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAPELLE-EN-VERCORS_SAPC weather station, 8.4 km away at 879 m; the village itself is at 1,056 m. ^[10]

The village sits 177 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAPELLE-EN-VERCORS_SAPC, 8.4 km away at 879 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 177 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,675 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOUVANTE, 7.5 km away at 1,071 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26364/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26364/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26364/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26364/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26364
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26074
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
Les Bouchoux	39	160 km N	315	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Villesèque-des-Corbières	11	290 km SW	386	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Charroux	03	224 km NW	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Jalle	26	62 km S	330	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Aspremont	05	53 km SE	364	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sahune	26	54 km S	301	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aspremont	05	53 km SE	364	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sahune	26	54 km S	301	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Jalle	26	62 km S	330	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bouchoux	39	160 km N	315	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Charroux	03	224 km NW	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Villesèque-des-Corbières	11	290 km SW	386	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Vassieux-en-Vercors'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
Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur	05	65 km SE	382	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chalinargues	15	194 km W	304	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hautecour	73	115 km NE	298	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Indevillers	25	295 km NE	236	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas	43	125 km W	267	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chaux-des-Crotenay	39	201 km N	409	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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