Malbosc
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Malbosc (INSEE 07148) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 146 (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/07148-malbosc
Vitality score
Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 59 % of the 13,883 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 5 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DE MALBOSC). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MALBOSC LE BISTROT RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Campsite. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | LE BISTROT DE MALBOSC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MALBOSC LE BISTROT RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 149 (2012) → 146 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 146 (1990) → 146 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 240, of which 66.3 % second homes and 1.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bessèges): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gagnières): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Gagnières): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Aujac): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LES VANS SA weather station, 8.1 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 445 m. [12]
The village sits 170 m above 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at LES VANS SA, 8.1 km away at 275 m, over 14 summers. [12]
That station sits 170 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,429 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 16.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at SENECHAS, 3.5 km away at 291 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07148/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07148/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07148/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07148/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30037
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30120
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07280
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs | 03 | 192 km N | 146 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Claux | 15 | 141 km NW | 160 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes | 06 | 215 km E | 138 | 22.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Salettes | 43 | 58 km N | 156 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-Château | 23 | 245 km NW | 150 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Laubies | 48 | 64 km NW | 151 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salettes | 43 | 58 km N | 156 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Laubies | 48 | 64 km NW | 151 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Claux | 15 | 141 km NW | 160 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs | 03 | 192 km N | 146 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes | 06 | 215 km E | 138 | 22.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-Château | 23 | 245 km NW | 150 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Malbosc'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux | 48 | 20 km SW | 196 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arphy | 30 | 53 km SW | 139 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Berganty | 46 | 193 km W | 146 | 21.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Belmont-Sainte-Foi | 46 | 195 km W | 130 | 20.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cras | 46 | 203 km W | 97 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Izaire | 12 | 116 km W | 314 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
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