Balazuc

Identity

Balazuc (INSEE 07023) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 389 (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/07023-balazuc

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 18,014 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA GRANDE EPICERIE DE BELENN). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LA GRANJA DELH GOURMANDAS · LA CERISE · LE 294 · PORTAIL SUCRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BURON). ^[4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE DU PONT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LA FALAISE · CAMPING BEAUME GIRAUD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 356 (2012) → 389 (2023): 9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 389 (2023): 40.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 474, of which 54.9 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Balazuc): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vogüé): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vogüé): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Balazuc): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LANAS SYN weather station, 3.1 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[11]

The village sits 77 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 LANAS SYN, 3.1 km away at 265 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 77 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 1,056 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LANAS SYN, 3.1 km away at 265 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 — 07023/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07023/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07023/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07023/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07272
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07023
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07348
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024