Sainte-Eulalie

Identity

Sainte-Eulalie (INSEE 07235) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 209 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/07235-sainte-eulalie

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 16,228 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES P'TITS BONHEURS DE BACHASSON · LE FOURNIL D'ALEXIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE ROME). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Restaurant (FERME CAFE RESTAURANT LA SOURCE DE LA LOIRE · CHEZ REGINE - SOURCE DE LA LOIRE · AUBERGE DE BACHASSON · CAFE AU SOLEIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'AVENIR). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINTE EULALIE AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE CECILIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU NORD). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: 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 229 (2012) → 209 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 302 (1990) → 209 (2023): -30.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 49.4 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sainte-Eulalie): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Eulalie): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Burzet): 9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montpezat-sous-Bauzon): 11.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Eulalie): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 144 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CROS GEORAND weather station, 7.8 km away at 1,021 m; the village itself is at 1,232 m. ^[11]

The village sits 211 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTPEZAT SA, 10.5 km away at 602 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 630 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 1,875 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 17.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PEREYRES, 5.7 km away at 952 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 — 07235/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07235/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07235/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07235/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07235
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07045
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07161
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024