Mayres

Identity

Mayres (INSEE 07153) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. Population 262 (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/07153-mayres

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,443 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FARINETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS GOURMAND 07 · L'AUBERGE DU PONT SNC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE ROCHER TROUE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING AUPRES DE MON ARBRE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 265 (2012) → 262 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 302 (1990) → 262 (2023): -13.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 404, of which 48.5 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mayres): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thueyts): 8.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thueyts): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Thueyts): 8.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Souche): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BARNAS RAD weather station, 3.4 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 570 m. ^[11]

The village sits 90 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BARNAS RAD, 3.4 km away at 480 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 90 m below 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 2,025 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 19.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAYRES, 0.3 km away at 579 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 — 07153/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07153/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07153/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07153/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07153
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07322
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07315
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024