Nozières

Identity

Nozières (INSEE 07166) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays de Lamastre. Population 237 (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/07166-nozieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 16,965 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FARRE BERNADETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 273 (2012) → 237 (2023): -13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 300 (1990) → 237 (2023): -21 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 252, of which 42.9 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Désaignes): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nozières): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lamastre): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lamastre): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Nozières): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROCHEPAULE SA weather station, 9.2 km away at 1,055 m; the village itself is at 915 m. ^[11]

The village sits 140 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROCHEPAULE SA, 9.2 km away at 1,055 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 140 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, 5.6 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 — 07166/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07166/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07166/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07166/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07079
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07166
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07129
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024