Bidon

Identity

Bidon (INSEE 07034) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 254 (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/07034-bidon

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,293 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES 2 C'RIEUSES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE AUGUSTIN POUZAT). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIDONTHEQUE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE DES GROTTES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 232 (2012) → 254 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 69 (1990) → 254 (2023): 268.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 23.8 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gras): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bourg-Saint-Andéol): 8.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Remèze): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the VALLON SA weather station, 10.8 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 285 m. ^[13]

The village sits 165 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VALLON SA, 10.8 km away at 120 m, over 18 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 165 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,043 mm of rain a year, spread over 76 days — about 13.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at GRAS, 7.4 km away at 341 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

18 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 267,500 € — 2,246 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07034/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07034/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07034/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07034/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07268
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07099
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07042
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07264
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07291
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025