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Roiffieux

Ardèche · CA Annonay Rhône Agglo · INSEE 07197

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

Partly served 51.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Roiffieux (INSEE 07197) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Annonay Rhône Agglo. Population 2,743 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07197-roiffieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 7,699 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.39259.84
Social0.512010.26
Education0.63106.32
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.7107
Housing mix0.9454.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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) (L OLIVIE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PAIN D'ARTHUR · LA CURE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIONEL GARNIER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (MGAL). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE PETIT PRINCE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA GARDE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'EPI S'EN MELE · KREA' COIF). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1L OLIVIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1VIVALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LE PAIN D'ARTHUR · LA CUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPHINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1LIONEL GARNIER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1MGALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1ROIFFIEUX APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE PETIT PRINCEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA GARDEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3L'EPI S'EN MELE · KREA' COIFINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,181 peak 2012: 2,794 2023: 2,743 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,794 (2012) → 2,743 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,285 (1990) → 2,743 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,351, of which 2.8 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Roiffieux): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Roiffieux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Roiffieux): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Roiffieux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Roiffieux): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ANNONAY weather station, 2.3 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 426 m. [9]

The village sits 90 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at PEAUGRES RAD, 7.5 km away at 480 m, over 22 summers. [9]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ANNONAY, 2.3 km away at 336 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07197/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07197/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07197/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07197/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07197
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande33352 km W2,50769ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 76 %
Sarras0712 km E2,22058.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Corps-Nuds35567 km NW3,56743.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Artannes-sur-Indre37386 km NW2,79555.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Anet28472 km NW2,72165.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Maisse91393 km NW2,79764.6ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sarras0712 km E2,22058.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande33352 km W2,50769ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 76 %
Artannes-sur-Indre37386 km NW2,79555.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Maisse91393 km NW2,79764.6ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Anet28472 km NW2,72165.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Corps-Nuds35567 km NW3,56743.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Roiffieux'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vernosc-lès-Annonay074.5 km E2,72553.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Davézieux074.9 km NE3,20569.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boulieu-lès-Annonay074.7 km N2,24854.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brassac-les-Mines63106 km W3,41247.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Kaysersberg Vignoble68380 km NE4,38362.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas3873 km NE3,41743.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %