Pailharès
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pailharès (INSEE 07170) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Arche Agglo. Population 310 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 17,943 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.59 | 10 | 5.88 |
| Housing mix | 0.34 | 5 | 1.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU GRE DU GRAIN). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (L'AMARANTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PAILHARES AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: 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) | 1 | AU GRE DU GRAIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | L'AMARANTE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | PAILHARES 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 | 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 | 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
Population 273 (2012) → 310 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 285 (1990) → 310 (2023): 8.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 249, of which 32.9 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pailharès): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Félicien): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Félicien): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Félicien): 5 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Félicien): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LALOUVESC weather station, 5.1 km away at 1,090 m; the village itself is at 693 m. [10]
The village sits 397 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROCHEPAULE SA, 8.9 km away at 1,055 m, over 15 summers. [10]
That station sits 362 m above 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 1,061 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LALOUVESC, 5.1 km away at 1,090 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 — 07170/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07170/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07170/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07170/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07170
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07236
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel | 36 | 266 km NW | 295 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Salles-Lavalette | 16 | 341 km W | 317 | 24.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 % |
| Antignac | 15 | 161 km W | 284 | 22.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 65 % |
| Liglet | 86 | 313 km NW | 297 | 21.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Biollet | 63 | 179 km NW | 309 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sacierges-Saint-Martin | 36 | 294 km NW | 312 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antignac | 15 | 161 km W | 284 | 22.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 65 % |
| Biollet | 63 | 179 km NW | 309 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel | 36 | 266 km NW | 295 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sacierges-Saint-Martin | 36 | 294 km NW | 312 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Liglet | 86 | 313 km NW | 297 | 21.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Salles-Lavalette | 16 | 341 km W | 317 | 24.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Pailharès'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biollet | 63 | 179 km NW | 309 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Goulles | 19 | 195 km W | 323 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Puy | 58 | 257 km N | 290 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-d'Intres | 07 | 19 km SW | 303 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prades-d'Aubrac | 12 | 142 km SW | 278 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châtel-Montagne | 03 | 134 km NW | 326 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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