Chirols

Identity

Chirols (INSEE 07065) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. Population 289 (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/07065-chirols

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,765 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL LES CO'PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHIROLS RP). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 261 (2012) → 289 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 223 (1990) → 289 (2023): 29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 33.6 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chirols): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meyras): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Thueyts): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Meyras): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ANTRAIGUES SA weather station, 6 km away at 600 m; the village itself is at 436 m. ^[12]

The village sits 164 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ANTRAIGUES SA, 6 km away at 600 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 164 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 1,694 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 18.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTPEZAT, 4.9 km away at 491 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 — 07065/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07065/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07065/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07065/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07065
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07282
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07156
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07322
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024