Gravières

Identity

Gravières (INSEE 07100) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 508 (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/07100-gravieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,729 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L AUBERGE DE GRAVIERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA SERRE AUX LIVRES). ^[3]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MAS DU SERRE · CAMPING LE ROCHEYROL · CAMPING LA VERNEDE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 436 (2012) → 508 (2023): 16.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 508 (2023): 37.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 479, of which 42.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chambonas): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Vans): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Vans): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Vans): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gravières): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES VANS SA weather station, 2.4 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 212 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 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 LES VANS SA, 2.4 km away at 275 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 63 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 1,179 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 14.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES VANS SA, 2.4 km away at 275 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 — 07100/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07100/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07100/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07100/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07050
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07334
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07100
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024