Darbres

Identity

Darbres (INSEE 07077) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Berg et Coiron. Population 272 (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/07077-darbres

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,579 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES CHARMILLES · CAMPING LES LAVANDES). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 229 (2012) → 272 (2023): 18.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 272 (2023): 27.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 184, of which 22.3 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lussas): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lussas): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lussas): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-de-Berg): 8.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Darbres): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERZEME SA weather station, 5.1 km away at 763 m; the village itself is at 423 m. ^[11]

The village sits 340 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BERZEME SA, 5.1 km away at 763 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 340 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,167 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 13.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERZEME SA, 5.1 km away at 763 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07077/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07077/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07077/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07077/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07145
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07341
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07077
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024