Charmes-sur-Rhône
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 35.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Charmes-sur-Rhône (INSEE 07055) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Rhône Crussol. Population 3,143 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/07055-charmes-sur-rhone
Vitality score
Vitality score 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 12 % of the 6,851 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 | 0.37 | 20 | 7.49 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LE CARRE D'ALETHIUS · L'ARDOISE BLEUE · STA'S PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL PAYA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE COLOMBE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATHIEU GUILHOT, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENT LEROY, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE CHARMES SUR RHONE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARMES SUR RHONE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (CHRISTINE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (LE CARRE D'ALETHIUS · LE LOGIS CHARMANT). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 CARRE D'ALETHIUS · L'ARDOISE BLEUE · STA'S PIZZA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL PAYA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE COLOMBE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MATHIEU GUILHOT, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENT LEROY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE CHARMES SUR RHONE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | CHARMES SUR RHONE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 2 | CHRISTINE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | LE CARRE D'ALETHIUS · LE LOGIS CHARMANT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,534 (2012) → 3,143 (2023): 24 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,826 (1990) → 3,143 (2023): 72.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,404, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Georges-les-Bains): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Georges-les-Bains): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Charmes-sur-Rhône): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Soyons): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Charmes-sur-Rhône): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST-LAURENT PAPE weather station, 8.4 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 119 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VERNOUX SA, 16.6 km away at 510 m, over 20 summers. [12]
That station sits 391 m above 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 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST-GEORGES BAIN, 0.2 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
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 — 07055/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://charmessurrhone.fr/index.php/2023/07/19/marche-du-dimanche-matin/— “Petit marché local tous les dimanches matin !”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07055/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07055/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07055/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07240
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07055
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07316
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neyron | 01 | 106 km N | 2,421 | 44.1 | Partly served | no figures |
| Pommiers | 69 | 122 km N | 2,618 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pîtres | 27 | 566 km NW | 2,589 | 44.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champcevinel | 24 | 325 km W | 3,126 | 37.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Michel | 16 | 380 km W | 3,196 | 36.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vrain | 91 | 451 km NW | 3,089 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neyron | 01 | 106 km N | 2,421 | 44.1 | Partly served | no figures |
| Pommiers | 69 | 122 km N | 2,618 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champcevinel | 24 | 325 km W | 3,126 | 37.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Michel | 16 | 380 km W | 3,196 | 36.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vrain | 91 | 451 km NW | 3,089 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pîtres | 27 | 566 km NW | 2,589 | 44.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 92 % · 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 Charmes-sur-Rhône'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthès | 81 | 232 km SW | 2,528 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pradines | 46 | 274 km W | 3,617 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ucel | 07 | 43 km SW | 2,019 | 32 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Soyons | 07 | 3.4 km NE | 2,341 | 49.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Althen-des-Paluds | 84 | 96 km S | 2,960 | 59 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Néoules | 83 | 197 km SE | 2,976 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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