Charnas

Identity

Charnas (INSEE 07056) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Annonay Rhône Agglo. Population 925 (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/07056-charnas

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 14,834 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LEVAIN DE CULTURE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AUD'COIFFURE · COIFFURE D'ANA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 865 (2012) → 925 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 925 (2023): 150.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 410, of which 5.6 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Félines): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Serrières): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Limony): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Serrières): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Charnas): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PEAUGRES RAD weather station, 6.1 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 328 m. ^[12]

The village sits 152 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PEAUGRES RAD, 6.1 km away at 480 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 152 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 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PEAUGRES RAD, 6.1 km away at 480 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07056/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07056/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07056/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07056/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07089
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07313
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07143
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07056
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024