Venterol

Drôme · CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale · INSEE 26367

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

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Venterol (INSEE 26367) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 625 (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 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 16,866 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.56	10	5.65
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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) (LA BOUL'ANGE ET STEPH). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT CAFE DE LA POSTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE VENTEROL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VENTEROL AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LES TERRASSES PROVENCALES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	LA BOUL'ANGE ET STEPH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	RESTAURANT CAFE DE LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE VENTEROL	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	VENTEROL 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LES TERRASSES PROVENCALES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 429 peak 2017: 699 2023: 625 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 681 (2012) → 625 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 587 (1990) → 625 (2023): 6.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 456, of which 26.5 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km SEGP — 4.4 km SEPharmacy — 4.5 km SE 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 (Venterol): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nyons): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nyons): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nyons): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Venterol): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.3

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NYONS P182 weather station, 3.8 km away at 316 m; the village itself is at 425 m. ^[10]

The village sits 109 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NYONS P182, 3.8 km away at 316 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 109 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 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NYONS P182, 3.8 km away at 316 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 — 26367/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26367/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26367/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26367/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26367
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26220
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
Saint-Estèphe	24	373 km NW	583	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	492 km W	481	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Champagnac-la-Rivière	87	360 km NW	603	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	338 km SW	592	52	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur	71	273 km N	641	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 59 %
Vanxains	24	391 km W	689	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur	71	273 km N	641	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 59 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	338 km SW	592	52	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Champagnac-la-Rivière	87	360 km NW	603	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Estèphe	24	373 km NW	583	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Vanxains	24	391 km W	689	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	492 km W	481	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Venterol'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
Concots	46	274 km W	420	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saou	26	29 km N	590	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Piégros-la-Clastre	26	34 km N	882	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Séguret	84	21 km S	769	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Soyans	26	28 km N	405	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Montmeyan	83	113 km SE	596	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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