Chauzon

Identity

Chauzon (INSEE 07061) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 422 (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/07061-chauzon

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 67 % of the 17,974 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

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

2 × Restaurant (PLAGE ISLA COOL DOUCE · LA FOLIE EN TETE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT PIZZERIA LES CHENES). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (PARC DE LOISIR ISLA COOL DOUCE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (BAR, HOTEL, RESTAURANT SAPEDE). ^[3]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING LA DIGUE · CAMPING LES CHENES · CAMPING DU BEAUSSEMENT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 349 (2012) → 422 (2023): 20.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 224 (1990) → 422 (2023): 88.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 38.2 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ruoms): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pradons): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ruoms): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ruoms): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Balazuc): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LANAS SYN weather station, 5.6 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[11]

The village sits 96 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LANAS SYN, 5.6 km away at 265 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 96 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,056 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LANAS SYN, 5.6 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07061/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07061/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07061/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07061/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07201
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07183
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07023
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024