Mercuer

Ardèche · CC du Bassin d'Aubenas · INSEE 07155

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercuer (INSEE 07155) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Bassin d'Aubenas. Population 1,325 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 12,523 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.91	10	9.13
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GATEAUX DE PABLO). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (AUTOUR DE LA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (AUX VIEURX ARCEAUX). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES GATEAUX DE PABLO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	AUTOUR DE LA PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MERCUER	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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUX VIEURX ARCEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 432 2023: 1,325 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,163 (2012) → 1,325 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 938 (1990) → 1,325 (2023): 41.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 679, of which 6.2 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km SFood shop — 1.8 km NEGP — 2.1 km SEPharmacy — 2.2 km SE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Mercuer): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Labégude): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aubenas): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Aubenas): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mercuer): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.7

Days at or below 0 °C 33.4

Muggy days a summer 1.2

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VALS-LES-BAINS weather station, 4.3 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 315 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AUBENAS SA, 5.1 km away at 176 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 139 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 1,245 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 14.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALS-LES-BAINS, 4.3 km away at 283 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07019
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
Copponex	74	207 km NE	1,340	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Myans	73	161 km NE	1,318	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Blaison-Saint-Sulpice	49	478 km NW	1,337	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Soulaines-sur-Aubance	49	484 km NW	1,329	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Uzein	64	407 km W	1,326	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 14 %
Hauville	27	596 km NW	1,247	27.7	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Myans	73	161 km NE	1,318	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Copponex	74	207 km NE	1,340	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Uzein	64	407 km W	1,326	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 14 %
Blaison-Saint-Sulpice	49	478 km NW	1,337	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Soulaines-sur-Aubance	49	484 km NW	1,329	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Hauville	27	596 km NW	1,247	27.7	Few services	no figures

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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 Mercuer'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
Chanos-Curson	26	65 km NE	1,196	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Coux	07	24 km NE	1,635	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Marnhac	46	236 km W	1,311	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lager-Bressac	07	29 km E	971	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac	07	29 km E	887	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Pern-Lhospitalet	46	236 km W	925	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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