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Saint-Bauzile

Ardèche · CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron · INSEE 07219

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 25.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Bauzile (INSEE 07219) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron. Population 311 (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/07219-saint-bauzile

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,918 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7153.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 135 2023: 311 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 283 (2012) → 311 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 153 (1990) → 311 (2023): 103.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 14.3 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.4 km N (Chomérac)Bakery — 3.7 km N (Chomérac)GP — 3.8 km N (Chomérac)Pharmacy — 7.4 km E (Cruas)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km NBakery — 3.7 km NGP — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Chomérac): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chomérac): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Chomérac): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cruas): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Bauzile): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHOMERAC SA_RCE weather station, 3.3 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 309 m. [11]

The village sits 93 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 3.3 km away at 216 m, over 23 summers. [11]

That station sits 93 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,066 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 3.3 km away at 216 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07219/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07219/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07219/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07219/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07066
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07076
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07219
  11. 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
Omerville95545 km NW32721.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jacques-d'Atticieux0773 km N30125.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Achères18337 km NW32618.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cusey52332 km N29120.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %
Traize73139 km NE33525.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Boissets78521 km NW30122.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jacques-d'Atticieux0773 km N30125.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Traize73139 km NE33525.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cusey52332 km N29120.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 59 %
Achères18337 km NW32618.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boissets78521 km NW30122.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Omerville95545 km NW32721.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 70 % · 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 Saint-Bauzile'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
Vassel63162 km NW29526.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier-le-Cardinal0766 km N32724.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Veyssilieu38120 km N32830.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mairé-Levescault79395 km NW58220.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Betton-Bettonet73152 km NE30616.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy12211 km W31034.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %