Eclassan

Identity

Eclassan (INSEE 07084) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 1,054 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07084-eclassan

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 14,019 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) (LA GRANGE DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX PANIERS GAGNANT · CHARCUTERIE ARDECHOISE LIONNETON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES FEERIES DE JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'OASIS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 980 (2012) → 1,054 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 633 (1990) → 1,054 (2023): 66.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 517, of which 5.4 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Eclassan): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Eclassan): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sarras): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sarras): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Eclassan): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PREAUX SA weather station, 7.8 km away at 525 m; the village itself is at 436 m. ^[11]

The village sits 89 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PREAUX SA, 7.8 km away at 525 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 89 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 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PREAUX SA, 7.8 km away at 525 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 — 07084/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2024-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9fc80a1b-d244-3d1b-9353-12fa4ebfd98a— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07084/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07084/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07084/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07084
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07308
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024