Cruas

Ardèche · CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron · INSEE 07076

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

Partly served 57.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cruas (INSEE 07076) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron. Population 2,898 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07076-cruas

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 7,318 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.82	10	8.17
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LOU-PICOURET). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE, CHARCUTERIE, TRAITEUR THOMAS AYMARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER SYMPA). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LE RESTAU DE CRUAS · LE PIZZ' · MASTERKEB'S · O' CHORASCO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DES ROCHES). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ALBERT MERCOYROL). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU BOUTEILLE, MÉDECIN · ERIC ROMAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CRUAS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE ESPACE CULTUREL LOUIS ARAGON). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE CINE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE EDF · COMPLEXE MORELLI). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FAMILY COIFF'). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LOU-PICOURET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE, CHARCUTERIE, TRAITEUR THOMAS AYMARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER SYMPA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	5	LE RESTAU DE CRUAS · LE PIZZ' · MASTERKEB'S · O' CHORASCO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DES ROCHES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ALBERT MERCOYROL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MATTHIEU BOUTEILLE, MÉDECIN · ERIC ROMAIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAUZE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CRUAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE ESPACE CULTUREL LOUIS ARAGON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE CINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE EDF · COMPLEXE MORELLI	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	FAMILY COIFF'	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	HARMONY CAMPING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,978 peak 2017: 3,008 2023: 2,898 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,872 (2012) → 2,898 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,200 (1990) → 2,898 (2023): 31.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,529, of which 4.8 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Cruas): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cruas): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cruas): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cruas): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 34.2

Muggy days a summer 3.7

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHOMERAC SA_RCE weather station, 10.4 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[9]

The village sits 130 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 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 10.4 km away at 216 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 130 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 1,066 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 10.4 km away at 216 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07076/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07076/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07076/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07076/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07076
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
Aniane	34	143 km SW	2,979	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Charquemont	25	326 km NE	2,900	61.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Panissières	42	131 km N	2,911	61.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Agnant	17	468 km W	2,780	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	127 km SW	2,696	72.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Villefranche-sur-Cher	41	373 km NW	2,678	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-de-Londres	34	127 km SW	2,696	72.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Panissières	42	131 km N	2,911	61.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Aniane	34	143 km SW	2,979	74	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Charquemont	25	326 km NE	2,900	61.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Villefranche-sur-Cher	41	373 km NW	2,678	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Agnant	17	468 km W	2,780	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Cruas'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
Septfonds	82	256 km W	2,261	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chavanay	42	84 km N	2,884	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tavel	30	72 km S	2,083	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pouzin	07	11 km N	2,886	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Caux	34	170 km SW	2,718	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Montboucher-sur-Jabron	26	12 km S	2,592	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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