Ardoix

Identity

Ardoix (INSEE 07013) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Annonay Rhône Agglo. Population 1,308 (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/07013-ardoix

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 12,625 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU VIEUX PETRIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU FIL DES SAISONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PICAMIRO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE L'ARDOISE D'ECOLIER). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE COIN DU LECTEUR). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON M'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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,115 (2012) → 1,308 (2023): 17.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 696 (1990) → 1,308 (2023): 87.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 655, of which 5.6 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ardoix): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Vernosc-lès-Annonay): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Quintenas): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ardoix): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PREAUX SA weather station, 7.5 km away at 525 m; the village itself is at 375 m. ^[11]

The village sits 150 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PREAUX SA, 7.5 km away at 525 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 150 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PREAUX SA, 7.5 km away at 525 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07013/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07013/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07013/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07013/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07013
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07337
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07188
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024