Le Crestet
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Crestet (INSEE 07073) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays de Lamastre. Population 518 (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/07073-le-crestet
Vitality score
Vitality score 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 22 % of the 17,686 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.06 |
| Housing mix | 0.54 | 5 | 2.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA GITEE DU PAIN). [3,4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE ROSIUS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SYLVIANE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (L'ESCAPADE · LA BONNE HUMEUR). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ROCHES). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA GITEE DU PAIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | JEAN-CHRISTOPHE ROSIUS, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | SYLVIANE COIFFURE A DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 3 | L'ESCAPADE · LA BONNE HUMEUR | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES ROCHES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 534 (2012) → 518 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 515 (1990) → 518 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 383, of which 23 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Crestet): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Empurany): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Crestet): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lamastre): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Arlebosc): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD weather station, 1.6 km away at 566 m; the village itself is at 449 m. [12]
The village sits 117 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 COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 1.6 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 117 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 964 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 1.6 km away at 566 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07073/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07073/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07073/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07073/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07073
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07085
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07129
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07014
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonzelle | 26 | 72 km S | 524 | 29.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gagnac-sur-Cère | 46 | 218 km W | 650 | 21.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Varaize | 17 | 408 km W | 533 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montigny-Lengrain | 02 | 499 km N | 674 | 22.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 % |
| Charette-Varennes | 71 | 216 km N | 430 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 % |
| Lalaye | 67 | 419 km NE | 481 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonzelle | 26 | 72 km S | 524 | 29.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charette-Varennes | 71 | 216 km N | 430 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 % |
| Gagnac-sur-Cère | 46 | 218 km W | 650 | 21.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Varaize | 17 | 408 km W | 533 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lalaye | 67 | 419 km NE | 481 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montigny-Lengrain | 02 | 499 km N | 674 | 22.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 % |
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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 Le Crestet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Liège | 37 | 368 km NW | 326 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fouchères | 89 | 369 km N | 442 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Celles-sur-Ource | 10 | 341 km N | 490 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trimbach | 67 | 506 km NE | 566 | 23.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bréchamps | 28 | 471 km NW | 362 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuil | 28 | 487 km NW | 538 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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