Les Assions

Identity

Les Assions (INSEE 07017) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 767 (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/07017-les-assions

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 15,914 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (THAI STATION · GUINGUETTE DEL BARRIO). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (LES CABANES DE CORNILLON). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 675 (2012) → 767 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 448 (1990) → 767 (2023): 71.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 653, of which 34.5 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chambonas): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chambonas): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Vans): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Vans): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Assions): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES VANS-SA weather station, 1.9 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 212 m. ^[11]

The village sits 72 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES VANS-SA, 1.9 km away at 140 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 72 m below 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 1,217 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 14.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES VANS-SA, 1.9 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07017/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07017/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07017/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07017/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07050
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07334
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07017
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024