Rocles

Ardèche · CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie · INSEE 07196

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rocles (INSEE 07196) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie. Population 261 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07196-rocles

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,386 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.97	10	9.75
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 MINOUTERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (I LOVE FALAFELS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE ROCLES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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 MINOUTERIE	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	I LOVE FALAFELS	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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	ROCLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE ROCLES	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

1968: 253 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 248 (2012) → 261 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 261 (2023): 47.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 53.1 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.4 km EPharmacy — 6.4 km EGP — 6.6 km E 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 (Rocles): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Largentière): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Largentière): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Largentière): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rocles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.2

Days at or below 0 °C 20.3

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CROIX MILLET weather station, 5.1 km away at 779 m; the village itself is at 480 m. ^[10]

The village sits 299 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 CROIX MILLET, 5.1 km away at 779 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 299 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 1,597 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 17.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CROIX MILLET, 5.1 km away at 779 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 — 07196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07196
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07132
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
Fournols	63	117 km NW	313	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Ventalon en Cévennes	48	42 km SW	253	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Rocles	48	38 km NW	249	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lamazière-Basse	19	184 km NW	281	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Cheylade	15	138 km NW	230	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 %
Le Brugeron	63	134 km N	256	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rocles	48	38 km NW	249	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Ventalon en Cévennes	48	42 km SW	253	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Fournols	63	117 km NW	313	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Le Brugeron	63	134 km N	256	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Cheylade	15	138 km NW	230	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 %
Lamazière-Basse	19	184 km NW	281	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 26 % · 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 Rocles'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
Serralongue	66	276 km SW	244	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Corsavy	66	268 km SW	246	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-le-Petit	87	242 km NW	290	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lacaze	81	164 km SW	318	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Limanton	58	272 km N	242	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil	07	42 km NE	201	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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