Empurany

Identity

Empurany (INSEE 07085) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays de Lamastre. Population 571 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07085-empurany

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,324 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ETABLISSEMENTS FELIX DAVID). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DOLCE VITA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (EMPURANY RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LAURA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 553 (2012) → 571 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 546 (1990) → 571 (2023): 4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 482, of which 32.6 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Crestet): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Empurany): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Crestet): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lamastre): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Empurany): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD weather station, 5 km away at 566 m; the village itself is at 495 m. ^[11]

The village sits 71 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 5 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 71 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 1,036 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAMASTRE, 4 km away at 367 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 — 07085/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07085/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07085/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07085/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07073
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07085
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07129
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024