Pranles

Ardèche · CA Privas Centre Ardèche · INSEE 07184

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pranles (INSEE 07184) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 499 (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/07184-pranles

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,785 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.78	10	7.83
Housing mix	0.38	5	1.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 371 2023: 499 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 465 (2012) → 499 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 389 (1990) → 499 (2023): 28.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 368, of which 31 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km SEFood shop — 4.4 km SGP — 4.5 km SPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Privas): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Privas): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Privas): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Privas): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pranles): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 74.5

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-FORTUNAT weather station, 8.4 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 592 m. ^[10]

The village sits 387 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 GLUIRAS RAD, 8.5 km away at 760 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 168 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 1,071 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PRIVAS, 6.2 km away at 282 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 — 07184/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07184/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07184/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07184/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07184
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
La Roque-sur-Pernes	84	98 km SE	437	19.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Asté	65	402 km SW	568	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %
Dullin	73	126 km NE	497	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Privat	34	145 km SW	461	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine	77	437 km N	491	21	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Nancy-sur-Cluses	74	211 km NE	463	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Roque-sur-Pernes	84	98 km SE	437	19.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dullin	73	126 km NE	497	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Privat	34	145 km SW	461	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Nancy-sur-Cluses	74	211 km NE	463	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Asté	65	402 km SW	568	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %
Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine	77	437 km N	491	21	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · 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 Pranles'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
Dullin	73	126 km NE	497	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières	73	157 km NE	410	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bougnon	70	345 km N	495	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vaxoncourt	88	416 km N	507	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Césarches	73	177 km NE	441	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Belsentes	07	19 km N	538	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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