Saint-André-de-Cruzières
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 37.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-André-de-Cruzières (INSEE 07211) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 467 (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 37.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 17,931 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 | 0.5 | 20 | 9.99 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.72 | 10 | 7.19 |
| Housing mix | 0.25 | 5 | 1.24 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN D'AUZET). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L' EPICERIE DES CRUZIERES). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (LE SAINT ANDRE · LA CUISINE D'EDITH · O CONVIVIAL · MASSON LOU-ANNE · PIZZA'CRUZ). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ANDRE DE CRUZIERES AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE PAIN D'AUZET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L' EPICERIE DES CRUZIERES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 7 | LE SAINT ANDRE · LA CUISINE D'EDITH · O CONVIVIAL · MASSON LOU-ANNE · PIZZA'CRUZ | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 ANDRE DE CRUZIERES 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 | 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
Population 477 (2012) → 467 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 383 (1990) → 467 (2023): 21.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 415, of which 37.6 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-André-de-Cruzières): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-André-de-Cruzières): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Sauveur-de-Cruzières): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-SAUVEUR SA weather station, 4.1 km away at 149 m; the village itself is at 157 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-SAUVEUR SA, 4.1 km away at 149 m, over 12 summers. [11]
An average of 998 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 12.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-SAUVEUR SA, 4.1 km away at 149 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07211/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07211/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07211/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07211/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07211
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07280
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07294
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genêts | 50 | 652 km NW | 451 | 44.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne | 12 | 96 km W | 328 | 29.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chézery-Forens | 01 | 249 km NE | 433 | 45.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Ferté-Beauharnais | 41 | 403 km NW | 561 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sotteville-sur-Mer | 76 | 670 km N | 392 | 32.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aspremont | 05 | 122 km E | 364 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Saturnin-de-Lenne | 12 | 96 km W | 328 | 29.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aspremont | 05 | 122 km E | 364 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chézery-Forens | 01 | 249 km NE | 433 | 45.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Ferté-Beauharnais | 41 | 403 km NW | 561 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Genêts | 50 | 652 km NW | 451 | 44.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sotteville-sur-Mer | 76 | 670 km N | 392 | 32.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-André-de-Cruzières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivières | 30 | 11 km SE | 417 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Denis | 30 | 9.3 km S | 296 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sauveur-de-Cruzières | 07 | 3.4 km SE | 572 | 41.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vallabrix | 30 | 35 km SE | 414 | 29.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cardet | 30 | 34 km S | 933 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chambonas | 07 | 13 km NW | 992 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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