Roaix
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Roaix (INSEE 84098) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Vaison Ventoux. Population 626 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 16,841 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.5 | 20 | 9.93 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.55 |
| Housing mix | 0.49 | 5 | 2.45 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DES DENTELLES). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NAVA). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (L AS DE COEUR · LES PAILLOTTES · A LA BELLE ETOILE · LES 2 CHATS NOIRS). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE RENE JOUVENT). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ROAIX RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE PLUME ET FEUILLE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (CHANGEZ D'HAIR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE DES DENTELLES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | NAVA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 5 | L AS DE COEUR · LES PAILLOTTES · A LA BELLE ETOILE · LES 2 CHATS NOIRS | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE RENE JOUVENT | 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 | ROAIX RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE PLUME ET FEUILLE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | CHANGEZ D'HAIR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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
Population 646 (2012) → 626 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 499 (1990) → 626 (2023): 25.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 25.5 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Roaix): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Roaix): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Rasteau): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vaison-la-Romaine): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Roaix): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SEGURET weather station, 4.1 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 162 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PUYMERAS, 10.7 km away at 392 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 230 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SEGURET, 4.1 km away at 140 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 — 84098/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84098/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84098/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84098/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84098
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84096
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84137
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garde-Colombe | 05 | 61 km E | 539 | 54 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montmeyan | 83 | 107 km SE | 596 | 56.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens | 34 | 145 km SW | 667 | 45.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 % |
| Orgnac-l'Aven | 07 | 47 km W | 575 | 53 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chailley | 89 | 439 km N | 533 | 46.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clans | 06 | 173 km E | 703 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orgnac-l'Aven | 07 | 47 km W | 575 | 53 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Garde-Colombe | 05 | 61 km E | 539 | 54 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montmeyan | 83 | 107 km SE | 596 | 56.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Pons-de-Mauchiens | 34 | 145 km SW | 667 | 45.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 % |
| Clans | 06 | 173 km E | 703 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chailley | 89 | 439 km N | 533 | 46.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 95 % · 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 Roaix'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquestéron | 06 | 164 km E | 552 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vagnas | 07 | 53 km W | 636 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas | 30 | 65 km W | 734 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valliguières | 30 | 44 km SW | 653 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rivières | 30 | 59 km W | 417 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontaine-de-Vaucluse | 84 | 37 km S | 585 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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