Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne

Identity

Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne (INSEE 07224) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 211 (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/07224-saint-cirgues-en-montagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 16,263 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA TRADITION ARDECHOISE · CHARCUTERIE MOULIN JEAN-MARC). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LE CHATEAU · MAISON CEYTE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CENTRAL BAR · LE RANCH). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE LA MONTAGNE ARDECHOISE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CIRGUES EN MONTAGNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (INTUITION COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (BAR DES CEVENNES · AU PARFUM DES BOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES AIRELLES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 251 (2012) → 211 (2023): -15.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 361 (1990) → 211 (2023): -41.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 349, of which 61.3 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Lac-d'Issarlès): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montpezat-sous-Bauzon): 10.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montpezat-sous-Bauzon): 10.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAZAN ABBAYE RAD weather station, 2.5 km away at 1,240 m; the village itself is at 1,057 m. ^[11]

The village sits 183 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 2.5 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 183 m above 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 1,292 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 2.5 km away at 1,240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 72,380 € — 1,124 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

11 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 53,740 € — 527 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07224/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07224/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07224/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07224/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07119
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07224
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07161
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025