Orgnac-l'Aven

Ardèche · CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche · INSEE 07168

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

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orgnac-l'Aven (INSEE 07168) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 575 (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/07168-orgnac-l-aven

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 17,327 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.23	5	1.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (LE PETIT LOULE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SOUVENIRS DE L'AVEN · LA VALOTISSOIRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ORGNAC L AVEN AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SANDRA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LES STALAGMITES · LES TERRASSES DE L'AVEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING D'ORGNAC L'AVEN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PETIT LOULE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	SOUVENIRS DE L'AVEN · LA VALOTISSOIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	ORGNAC L AVEN AP	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	1	SANDRA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL RESTAURANT LES STALAGMITES · LES TERRASSES DE L'AVEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING D'ORGNAC L'AVEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 281 peak 2017: 585 2023: 575 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 551 (2012) → 575 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 327 (1990) → 575 (2023): 75.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 497, of which 38.4 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 6.9 km WPharmacy — 6.9 km W 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 (Orgnac-l'Aven): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orgnac-l'Aven): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barjac): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barjac): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Orgnac-l'Aven): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.9

Days at or below 0 °C 29.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ORGNAC AVEN weather station, 2.2 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 290 m. ^[10]

The village sits 60 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VALLON SA, 9.8 km away at 120 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

An average of 964 mm of rain a year, spread over 73 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ORGNAC AVEN, 2.2 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30029
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
Oust	09	304 km SW	583	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 66 %
Garde-Colombe	05	107 km E	539	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Roaix	84	47 km E	626	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Chailley	89	424 km N	533	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Chamassy	24	285 km W	512	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Montmeyan	83	150 km SE	596	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roaix	84	47 km E	626	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Garde-Colombe	05	107 km E	539	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Montmeyan	83	150 km SE	596	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Chamassy	24	285 km W	512	41.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Oust	09	304 km SW	583	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 66 %
Chailley	89	424 km N	533	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Orgnac-l'Aven'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
Pont-de-Labeaume	07	42 km N	567	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie	04	152 km E	683	72.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Majencoules	30	68 km SW	599	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Collet-de-Dèze	48	41 km W	684	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Puyméras	84	56 km E	585	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saou	26	63 km NE	590	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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