Colombier-le-Jeune

Ardèche · CA Arche Agglo · INSEE 07068

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Colombier-le-Jeune (INSEE 07068) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Arche Agglo. Population 563 (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/07068-colombier-le-jeune

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,386 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.58	10	5.79
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TY ARD'BREIZH). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA COLOMBINOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (POTES ET PAPILLES). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRICK HUGUES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COLOMBIER LE JEUNE AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (CLAIRE DE LUNE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	TY ARD'BREIZH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA COLOMBINOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	2	POTES ET PAPILLES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PIERRICK HUGUES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	COLOMBIER LE JEUNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	CLAIRE DE LUNE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 541 peak 2017: 573 2023: 563 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 568 (2012) → 563 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 522 (1990) → 563 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 18.2 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.7 km S Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Colombier-le-Jeune): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Colombier-le-Jeune): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Colombier-le-Jeune): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Alboussière): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Colombier-le-Jeune): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 0.5

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD weather station, 2.4 km away at 566 m; the village itself is at 516 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 2.4 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 964 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 2.4 km away at 566 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07007
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
Vertolaye	63	105 km NW	562	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roquestéron	06	222 km SE	552	66	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Faucogney-et-la-Mer	70	346 km NE	454	50.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-la-Vernède	30	103 km S	709	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Simorre	32	361 km SW	688	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Sauveterre-la-Lémance	47	295 km W	563	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Laurent-la-Vernède	30	103 km S	709	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vertolaye	63	105 km NW	562	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roquestéron	06	222 km SE	552	66	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-la-Lémance	47	295 km W	563	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Faucogney-et-la-Mer	70	346 km NE	454	50.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Simorre	32	361 km SW	688	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Colombier-le-Jeune'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
Saint-Flovier	37	358 km NW	576	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy	81	227 km SW	619	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Essay	61	519 km NW	556	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Orbigny	37	362 km NW	712	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Beauzély	12	167 km SW	550	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gravé	56	615 km NW	763	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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