Préaux

Ardèche · CC du Val d'Ay · INSEE 07185

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

Partly served 45.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Préaux (INSEE 07185) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Val d'Ay. Population 708 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 16,345 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.89	10	8.86
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TRADITION PREAUXOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON ROUSSON). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (NAYE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (VANESSA COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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	LA TRADITION PREAUXOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON ROUSSON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	NAYE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	1	PREAUX 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	VANESSA COIFFURE A DOMICILE	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: 554 2023: 708 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 668 (2012) → 708 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 511 (1990) → 708 (2023): 38.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 18.2 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km WPharmacy — 3.8 km WGP — 3.9 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 (Préaux): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Préaux): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Satillieu): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Satillieu): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Préaux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18

Days at or below 0 °C 47.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PREAUX SA weather station, 0.2 km away at 525 m; the village itself is at 516 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PREAUX SA, 0.2 km away at 525 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PREAUX SA, 0.2 km away at 525 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 — 07185/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07185/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07185/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07185/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07309
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
Beauregard-de-Terrasson	24	269 km W	731	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
La Chaux-du-Dombief	39	189 km NE	574	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Vocance	07	11 km NW	613	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sury-en-Vaux	18	286 km NW	680	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Puylaroque	82	261 km W	719	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Meyrals	24	284 km W	715	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vocance	07	11 km NW	613	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaux-du-Dombief	39	189 km NE	574	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Puylaroque	82	261 km W	719	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Beauregard-de-Terrasson	24	269 km W	731	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Meyrals	24	284 km W	715	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Sury-en-Vaux	18	286 km NW	680	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Préaux'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
Vocance	07	11 km NW	613	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Champlost	89	329 km N	767	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Oizon	18	308 km NW	664	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sceaux-du-Gâtinais	45	365 km NW	606	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tanlay	89	304 km N	897	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ruffec	36	317 km NW	562	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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