Saint-Jean-Chambre

Identity

Saint-Jean-Chambre (INSEE 07244) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 255 (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/07244-saint-jean-chambre

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,334 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BELLE VERTE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 266 (2012) → 255 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 235 (1990) → 255 (2023): 8.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 43.2 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Beauvène): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vernoux-en-Vivarais): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vernoux-en-Vivarais): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vernoux-en-Vivarais): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-Chambre): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VERNOUX SA weather station, 5 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 748 m. ^[11]

The village sits 238 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 VERNOUX SA, 5 km away at 510 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 238 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 1,116 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VERNOUX SA, 5 km away at 510 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 — 07244/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07244/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07244/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07244/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07030
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07338
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07244
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024