Coucouron

Identity

Coucouron (INSEE 07071) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 777 (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/07071-coucouron

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 15,828 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DU PLATEAU). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (JOLIVET ET FILS - LES SAVEURS DE LA LAOUNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DU PROGRES). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (L'ESCAPADE CHEZ YO ET JACKY). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MARIE RIVIER). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-LUC MAGAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DELMAS MONGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE COUCOURON). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (O SALON DE MARION). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL ENJOLRAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 850 (2012) → 777 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 705 (1990) → 777 (2023): 10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 742, of which 50.7 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Coucouron): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coucouron): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coucouron): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Coucouron): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Coucouron): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ISSANLAS weather station, 3.5 km away at 1,215 m; the village itself is at 1,164 m. ^[9]

The village sits 51 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 11.8 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,124 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ISSANLAS, 3.5 km away at 1,215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07071/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07071/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07071/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07071/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07071
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024