Cros-de-Géorand

Ardèche · CC Montagne d'Ardèche · INSEE 07075

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cros-de-Géorand (INSEE 07075) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 156 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 14,407 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.08	10	0.82
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MOULIN DIDIER). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LE GEORAND). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CROS DE GEORAND AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU VAL TAURON). ^[4,3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MOULIN DIDIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LE GEORAND	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CROS DE GEORAND AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU VAL TAURON	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 436 2023: 156 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 169 (2012) → 156 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 268 (1990) → 156 (2023): -41.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 257, of which 61.5 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 4.6 km SWBakery — 5.1 km NWGP — 11.2 km SEPharmacy — 11.3 km SE 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 (Le Béage): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cros-de-Géorand): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montpezat-sous-Bauzon): 11.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montpezat-sous-Bauzon): 11.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.1

Days at or below 0 °C 126.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 127 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CROS GEORAND weather station, 2.5 km away at 1,021 m; the village itself is at 1,047 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 7.4 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 193 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 1,404 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CROS GEORAND, 2.5 km away at 1,021 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 — 07075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07075
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07161
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07224
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
Les Laubies	48	56 km W	151	8.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Sablières	07	29 km S	166	16.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lopigna	2A	484 km SE	113	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Alleyras	43	37 km W	152	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Présailles	43	14 km NW	108	11.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Bonnet-Laval	48	32 km W	258	14.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Présailles	43	14 km NW	108	11.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Sablières	07	29 km S	166	16.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Bonnet-Laval	48	32 km W	258	14.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Alleyras	43	37 km W	152	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Les Laubies	48	56 km W	151	8.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Lopigna	2A	484 km SE	113	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · 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 Cros-de-Géorand'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
Lavaldens	38	140 km E	165	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ornon	38	148 km E	143	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Esplantas-Vazeilles	43	47 km W	126	5.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chantepérier	38	147 km E	213	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Besse	38	164 km E	154	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Les Planches-en-Montagne	39	253 km NE	152	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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