Chazeaux

Identity

Chazeaux (INSEE 07062) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val de Ligne. Population 134 (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/07062-chazeaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 13,199 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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 109 (2012) → 134 (2023): 22.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 86 (1990) → 134 (2023): 55.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 127, of which 36.2 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lentillères): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Largentière): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lentillères): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CROIX MILLET weather station, 5.6 km away at 779 m; the village itself is at 490 m. ^[12]

The village sits 289 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 CROIX MILLET, 5.6 km away at 779 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 289 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 1,597 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 17.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CROIX MILLET, 5.6 km away at 779 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 134,500 € — 1,530 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07062/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07062/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07062/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07062/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07141
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07231
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07132
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07122
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025