Boulieu-lès-Annonay
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Boulieu-lès-Annonay (INSEE 07041) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Annonay Rhône Agglo. Population 2,248 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07041-boulieu-les-annonay
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 81 % of the 8,843 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.58 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE PIERRE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON COTTEIDIN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (ADB ENTREPRISES · L'AROMATE · BOULIEU PIZZ). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BOULIEU). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PLAISIR DE LIRE). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (ESQUISSE COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE PIERRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | MAISON COTTEIDIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PROXI | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | ADB ENTREPRISES · L'AROMATE · BOULIEU PIZZ | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE BOULIEU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PLAISIR DE LIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 2 | ESQUISSE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday 8h30 à 12h rue Charles de Gaulle. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,163 (2012) → 2,248 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,942 (1990) → 2,248 (2023): 15.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,195, of which 3.3 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Boulieu-lès-Annonay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Boulieu-lès-Annonay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Annonay): 1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Boulieu-lès-Annonay): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Boulieu-lès-Annonay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ANNONAY weather station, 2.7 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 439 m. [11]
The village sits 103 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 PEAUGRES RAD, 3.6 km away at 480 m, over 22 summers. [11]
An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ANNONAY, 2.7 km away at 336 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07041/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.boulieu.fr/mon-quotidien/la-circulation-et-le-stationnement— “Tous les dimanches matin de 8h30 à 12h vous pouvez retrouver au cœur du village, dans la rue Charles de Gaulle, le marché.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07041/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07041/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07041/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07041
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07010
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarras | 07 | 14 km SE | 2,220 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 % |
| Nogent-l'Artaud | 02 | 423 km N | 2,134 | 42.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande | 33 | 353 km W | 2,507 | 69 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 % |
| Roiffieux | 07 | 4.7 km S | 2,743 | 51.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Salles-du-Gardon | 30 | 128 km SW | 2,395 | 45.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Sauveur | 70 | 311 km NE | 1,920 | 50.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roiffieux | 07 | 4.7 km S | 2,743 | 51.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sarras | 07 | 14 km SE | 2,220 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 % |
| Les Salles-du-Gardon | 30 | 128 km SW | 2,395 | 45.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Sauveur | 70 | 311 km NE | 1,920 | 50.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande | 33 | 353 km W | 2,507 | 69 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 % |
| Nogent-l'Artaud | 02 | 423 km N | 2,134 | 42.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Boulieu-lès-Annonay's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roiffieux | 07 | 4.7 km S | 2,743 | 51.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay | 07 | 6.8 km SE | 2,725 | 53.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Paul-de-Varces | 38 | 80 km E | 2,218 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Davézieux | 07 | 3.4 km SE | 3,205 | 69.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bennwihr | 68 | 379 km NE | 1,326 | 44.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tavaux | 39 | 205 km N | 3,888 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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