Piolenc

Vaucluse · CC Aygues-Ouvèze en Provence (CCAOP) · INSEE 84091

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

Served 63.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Piolenc (INSEE 84091) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Aygues-Ouvèze en Provence (CCAOP). Population 5,718 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/84091-piolenc

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 86 % of the 4,118 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	0.46	25	11.6
Social	0.84	20	16.71
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.46	10	4.61
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.99	10	9.93
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL D UN PAIN A L AUTRE · LA MAISON DE SANDRE · AU FOURNIL DE PIOLENC · L'ECO PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE ARDECHOISE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (U-EXPRESS · NECTAR DE DIEUX LES DELICES DE JUS). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (AU COMPTOIR · STEFIMA · PIZZA AU FEU DE BOIS · ETHANCHLOE). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (LE MODERNE · CAFE DU COURS · CAFE DU COMMERCE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE MARCEL PAGNOL). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOLIOT-CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA ROCANTINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES JARDINS DE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE DOMINIQUE ROCCI, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ALICE ENAULT, MÉDECIN · ALAIN VINCENT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE ACAMPADO). ^[3]

2 × Bank (AGENCE DE PIOLENC). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (SALON FRANCE · ADDALA SADRA · BC CREATION). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	SARL D UN PAIN A L AUTRE · LA MAISON DE SANDRE · AU FOURNIL DE PIOLENC · L'ECO PAIN	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE ARDECHOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	U-EXPRESS · NECTAR DE DIEUX LES DELICES DE JUS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	9	AU COMPTOIR · STEFIMA · PIZZA AU FEU DE BOIS · ETHANCHLOE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	LE MODERNE · CAFE DU COURS · CAFE DU COMMERCE	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE MARCEL PAGNOL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOLIOT-CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA ROCANTINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES JARDINS DE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARIE DOMINIQUE ROCCI, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ALICE ENAULT, MÉDECIN · ALAIN VINCENT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE ACAMPADO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	AGENCE DE PIOLENC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	10	SALON FRANCE · ADDALA SADRA · BC CREATION	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 2,184 2023: 5,718 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,113 (2012) → 5,718 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,830 (1990) → 5,718 (2023): 49.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,801, of which 3.9 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.0 km NW 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 (Piolenc): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Piolenc): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Piolenc): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mornas): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Piolenc): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 58.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.6

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORANGE weather station, 8.8 km away at 57 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ORANGE, 8.8 km away at 57 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PIOLENC, 2.7 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84091/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84091/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84091/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84091/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84083
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 Puy-Sainte-Réparade	13	79 km SE	5,935	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cannat	13	75 km SE	6,097	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Le Lion-d'Angers	49	571 km NW	5,390	61.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez	42	154 km N	5,116	53.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Le Bourget-du-Lac	73	185 km NE	5,216	58.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Soulle	17	505 km NW	5,034	49.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cannat	13	75 km SE	6,097	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade	13	79 km SE	5,935	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez	42	154 km N	5,116	53.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Le Bourget-du-Lac	73	185 km NE	5,216	58.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Soulle	17	505 km NW	5,034	49.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Le Lion-d'Angers	49	571 km NW	5,390	61.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · 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 Piolenc'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
Oraison	04	97 km E	6,155	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Poulx	30	40 km SW	4,348	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Caumont-sur-Durance	84	35 km SE	5,667	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Roquemaure	30	14 km S	5,529	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Jonquières	84	13 km SE	5,201	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Flayosc	83	149 km SE	4,673	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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