Alba-la-Romaine

Ardèche · CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron · INSEE 07005

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

Served 64.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alba-la-Romaine (INSEE 07005) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron. Population 1,533 (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/07005-alba-la-romaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 11,450 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.78	20	15.54
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.56

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 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE RIVAT · SARL LE P'TIT AUDOUARD). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (EURL VALLA). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT PRIMEUR). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA ROMAINE · VA ET VIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE GRASSER, MÉDECIN · SARA TRÉSARRIEU, MÉDECIN · JACQUES GOUDIAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PERROT PINATEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ALBA LA ROMAINE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MECHES ET MERVEILLES · NOUVEL HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE CAMPING DU THEATRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE RIVAT · SARL LE P'TIT AUDOUARD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	EURL VALLA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PETIT PRIMEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LA ROMAINE · VA ET VIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PHILIPPE GRASSER, MÉDECIN · SARA TRÉSARRIEU, MÉDECIN · JACQUES GOUDIAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PERROT PINATEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ALBA LA ROMAINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	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	2	MECHES ET MERVEILLES · NOUVEL HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE CAMPING DU THEATRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 871 2023: 1,533 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,395 (2012) → 1,533 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 990 (1990) → 1,533 (2023): 54.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 946, of which 14.4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Alba-la-Romaine): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Alba-la-Romaine): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Alba-la-Romaine): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Alba-la-Romaine): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Alba-la-Romaine): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 40.4

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ALBA LA ROMAINE weather station, 2 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ALBA SA, 2.1 km away at 223 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,025 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 13 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ALBA LA ROMAINE, 2 km away at 223 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07005/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07005/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07005/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07005/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07005
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
Douchy-Montcorbon	45	395 km N	1,370	49.7	Partly served	no figures
Violès	84	52 km SE	1,762	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paterne-Racan	37	464 km NW	1,715	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Rosières	43	80 km NW	1,548	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat	15	184 km W	1,527	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Arches	88	423 km N	1,617	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Violès	84	52 km SE	1,762	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Rosières	43	80 km NW	1,548	58.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat	15	184 km W	1,527	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Douchy-Montcorbon	45	395 km N	1,370	49.7	Partly served	no figures
Arches	88	423 km N	1,617	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Paterne-Racan	37	464 km NW	1,715	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Alba-la-Romaine'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
Malause	82	293 km W	1,253	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
La Bégude-de-Mazenc	26	27 km E	1,779	61.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nauphary	82	261 km W	1,948	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Eygalières	13	93 km S	1,773	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	212 km W	1,603	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montaigut-sur-Save	31	285 km W	1,984	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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