Saint-Alban-Auriolles

Ardèche · CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche · INSEE 07207

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

Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Alban-Auriolles (INSEE 07207) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 1,138 (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/07207-saint-alban-auriolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 13,560 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.2	5	0.98

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (BOULLAND-GERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ DURAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (U UTILE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PAELLA NATURELLE · LE FRISADOU · MINIBEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE GEODY). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ALBAN AURIOLLES AP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE DU PONT DE BEAUME). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT DOUCE FRANCE). ^[3,4]

4 × Campsite (CAMPING DU RANC D'AVAINE · LA FERME GRAVEROLLES - AIRE DE LA BARQUE · CAMPING LE MAS DE CHAVETOURTE · CAMPING LE MAS DU SARTRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULLAND-GERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHEZ DURAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	U UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LA PAELLA NATURELLE · LE FRISADOU · MINIBEE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE GEODY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALPHONSE DAUDET	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	SAINT ALBAN AURIOLLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BAIGNADE DU PONT DE BEAUME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL RESTAURANT DOUCE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	4	CAMPING DU RANC D'AVAINE · LA FERME GRAVEROLLES - AIRE DE LA BARQUE · CAMPING LE MAS DE CHAVETOURTE · CAMPING LE MAS DU SARTRE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 504 2023: 1,138 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,026 (2012) → 1,138 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 584 (1990) → 1,138 (2023): 94.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,022, of which 40.2 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.8 km NEPharmacy — 4.5 km NE 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 (Saint-Alban-Auriolles): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Alban-Auriolles): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ruoms): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ruoms): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Alban-Auriolles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 65.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 56.8

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 66 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GROSPIERRES weather station, 1.6 km away at 127 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GROSPIERRES SA, 1.6 km away at 107 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,088 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 13.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GROSPIERRES, 1.6 km away at 127 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 — 07207/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07207/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07207/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07207/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07201
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
Sisco	2B	450 km E	1,182	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 24 %
Crots	05	173 km E	1,195	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Corbara	2B	423 km SE	962	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Vite	47	267 km W	1,192	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Cénac-et-Saint-Julien	24	249 km W	1,183	55.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Entrecasteaux	83	186 km SE	1,118	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crots	05	173 km E	1,195	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Entrecasteaux	83	186 km SE	1,118	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Cénac-et-Saint-Julien	24	249 km W	1,183	55.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vite	47	267 km W	1,192	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Corbara	2B	423 km SE	962	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Sisco	2B	450 km E	1,182	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 24 %

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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 Saint-Alban-Auriolles'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
Puyvert	84	112 km SE	865	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maximin	30	50 km S	798	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Berrias-et-Casteljau	07	9.7 km SW	793	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Tornac	30	51 km SW	945	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mialet	30	45 km SW	628	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sanilhac-Sagriès	30	54 km S	842	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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