Le Chambon
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 2.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Chambon (INSEE 07049) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val Eyrieux. Population 58 (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/07049-le-chambon
Vitality score
Vitality score 2.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 1 % of the 5,903 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.2 | 10 | 1.99 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 52 (2012) → 58 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 83 (1990) → 58 (2023): -30.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 100, of which 59 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Martial): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Eulalie): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Mézilhac): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Le Cheylard): 12.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Martial): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CHEYLARD SA weather station, 13.7 km away at 418 m; the village itself is at 807 m. [12]
The village sits 389 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CHEYLARD SA, 13.7 km away at 418 m, over 23 summers. [12]
That station sits 389 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,204 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ARCENS, 6.2 km away at 653 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07049/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07049/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07049/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07049/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07267
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07235
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07158
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07064
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cros | 34 | 131 km SW | 60 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Laval-sur-Doulon | 43 | 82 km NW | 59 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rezza | 2A | 481 km SE | 61 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 0 % |
| San-Damiano | 2B | 491 km SE | 54 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 154 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-Maravel | 26 | 104 km E | 55 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval-sur-Doulon | 43 | 82 km NW | 59 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-Maravel | 26 | 104 km E | 55 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Cros | 34 | 131 km SW | 60 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 154 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rezza | 2A | 481 km SE | 61 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 0 % |
| San-Damiano | 2B | 491 km SE | 54 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Le Chambon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel | 34 | 131 km SW | 60 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prémillieu | 01 | 152 km NE | 49 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Estensan | 65 | 389 km SW | 48 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buzan | 09 | 341 km SW | 47 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Uxelles | 39 | 228 km NE | 63 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Desges | 43 | 70 km W | 57 | 4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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