Chambonas
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chambonas (INSEE 07050) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 992 (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/07050-chambonas
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 14,381 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 | 0.53 | 25 | 13.19 |
| Social | 0.5 | 20 | 9.93 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.26 | 5 | 1.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL FREM). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES P'TITS LOUBIO). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (BEZZAZI ABDELMALEK · JEANNE ET RAPHAEL). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING CASTANHADA). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Collège, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 3 | SARL FREM | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LES P'TITS LOUBIO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SUPER U | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | BEZZAZI ABDELMALEK · JEANNE ET RAPHAEL | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING CASTANHADA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 652 (2012) → 992 (2023): 52.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 552 (1990) → 992 (2023): 79.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 757, of which 37.1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chambonas): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chambonas): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Les Vans): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Les Vans): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Les Vans): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LES VANS SA weather station, 1 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 166 m. [10]
The village sits 109 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LES VANS SA, 1 km away at 275 m, over 14 summers. [10]
That station sits 109 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,294 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LES VANS, 0.9 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07050/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07050/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07050/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07050/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07050
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07334
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castels et Bézenac | 24 | 249 km W | 813 | 44.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 % |
| Charols | 26 | 68 km E | 965 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy | 88 | 471 km NE | 957 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valromey-sur-Séran | 01 | 203 km NE | 1,351 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bréau-Mars | 30 | 65 km SW | 689 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coudeville-sur-Mer | 50 | 658 km NW | 887 | 35.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bréau-Mars | 30 | 65 km SW | 689 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charols | 26 | 68 km E | 965 | 44 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valromey-sur-Séran | 01 | 203 km NE | 1,351 | 22.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Castels et Bézenac | 24 | 249 km W | 813 | 44.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy | 88 | 471 km NE | 957 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coudeville-sur-Mer | 50 | 658 km NW | 887 | 35.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 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 Chambonas'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-André-de-Cruzières | 07 | 13 km SE | 467 | 37.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rivières | 30 | 24 km SE | 417 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valaurie | 26 | 54 km E | 732 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condorcet | 26 | 85 km E | 496 | 50.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allègre-les-Fumades | 30 | 27 km S | 1,002 | 42.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Victor-de-Malcap | 30 | 20 km S | 819 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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