Pont-de-Labeaume

Identity

Pont-de-Labeaume (INSEE 07178) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. Population 567 (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/07178-pont-de-labeaume

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,378 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PAT PAELLA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PONT DE LABEAUME AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA CHARDERIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 578 (2012) → 567 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 517 (1990) → 567 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 473, of which 29.8 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pont-de-Labeaume): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalevade-d'Ardèche): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meyras): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lalevade-d'Ardèche): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pont-de-Labeaume): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

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, 5.7 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 321 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ANTRAIGUES SA, 7.3 km away at 600 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 279 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 1,245 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, 5.7 km away at 283 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 92,500 € — 1,364 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 82,625 € — 900 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07178/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07178/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07178/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07178/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07178
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07127
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07156
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025