Boucieu-le-Roi

Identity

Boucieu-le-Roi (INSEE 07040) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Arche Agglo. Population 243 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/07040-boucieu-le-roi

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,055 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 (AU BISTROT DE LA GARE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT DE LA GARE · LE PETIT BOCIU). ^[4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA VALLEE DU DOUX). ^[3,4]

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 286 (2012) → 243 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 243 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 34.4 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Crestet): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bozas): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colombier-le-Jeune): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Félicien): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Arlebosc): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD weather station, 2.5 km away at 566 m; the village itself is at 309 m. ^[13]

The village sits 257 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 2.5 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 257 m above 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 964 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 2.5 km away at 566 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07040/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07040/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07040/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07040/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07073
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07039
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07068
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07236
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07014
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024