Chandolas

Ardèche · CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie · INSEE 07053

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chandolas (INSEE 07053) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie. Population 547 (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/07053-chandolas

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,533 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	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.99	10	9.95
Housing mix	0.21	5	1.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

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

3 × Restaurant (LE BAR A KA · LES P'TITS VELOS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AKATSUKI). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CHANDOLAS). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (AUBERGE LES MURETS · HOTEL LE RELAIS DE LA VIGNASSE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	3	LE BAR A KA · LES P'TITS VELOS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AKATSUKI	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CHANDOLAS	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	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	2	AUBERGE LES MURETS · HOTEL LE RELAIS DE LA VIGNASSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 411 2023: 547 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 482 (2012) → 547 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 366 (1990) → 547 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 455, of which 39.3 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km WBakery — 4.6 km NEGP — 7.8 km NPharmacy — 8.5 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Saint-Alban-Auriolles): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Berrias-et-Casteljau): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Joyeuse): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Joyeuse): 8.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chandolas): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 60.5

Muggy days a summer 4.3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GROSPIERRES SA weather station, 3.5 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GROSPIERRES SA, 3.5 km away at 107 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,065 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GROSPIERRES SA, 3.5 km away at 107 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 — 07053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07053
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
Seytroux	74	276 km NE	538	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 23 % · humidity 71 %
Belsentes	07	62 km N	538	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Gravières	07	13 km W	508	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Allemagne-en-Provence	04	156 km SE	544	45.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte	73	197 km NE	698	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Val-du-Faby	11	232 km SW	580	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gravières	07	13 km W	508	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Belsentes	07	62 km N	538	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Allemagne-en-Provence	04	156 km SE	544	45.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte	73	197 km NE	698	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Val-du-Faby	11	232 km SW	580	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Seytroux	74	276 km NE	538	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 23 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Chandolas'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
Lussan	30	29 km S	545	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille	30	39 km SW	513	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Collorgues	30	44 km S	671	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Mialet	30	41 km SW	628	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beaulieu	07	4.9 km S	544	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Flaux	30	47 km SE	336	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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