Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban (INSEE 07255) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 1,465 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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 50.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 77 % of the 11,822 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.6 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAVEURS ET TENTATIONS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE RAYNAUD ZCO). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DU VERGER AU PANIER). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE PLAN B). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE ST ALBAN · O' BON COIN). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'OUVEZE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JULIEN EN ST ALBAN AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (DO MI FA CIL'S). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING L' ALBANOU · CAMPING DE L'OUVEZE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | SAVEURS ET TENTATIONS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE RAYNAUD ZCO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | DU VERGER AU PANIER | 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 | 1 | LE PLAN B | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE ST ALBAN · O' BON COIN | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE L'OUVEZE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT JULIEN EN ST ALBAN 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 | 2 | DO MI FA CIL'S | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING L' ALBANOU · CAMPING DE L'OUVEZE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,364 (2012) → 1,465 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 924 (1990) → 1,465 (2023): 58.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 749, of which 4 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Flaviac): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CHOMERAC SA_RCE weather station, 7.2 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 132 m. [10]
The village sits 84 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 7.2 km away at 216 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 84 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,066 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 7.2 km away at 216 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07255/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07255/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07255/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07255/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07255
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07090
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champier | 38 | 91 km NE | 1,582 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Reugny | 37 | 422 km NW | 1,759 | 51.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vix | 85 | 468 km NW | 1,835 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Luitré-Dompierre | 35 | 593 km NW | 1,868 | 45.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 95 % |
| Vigny | 95 | 525 km NW | 1,137 | 50.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mametz | 62 | 677 km N | 1,973 | 44.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champier | 38 | 91 km NE | 1,582 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Reugny | 37 | 422 km NW | 1,759 | 51.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vix | 85 | 468 km NW | 1,835 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vigny | 95 | 525 km NW | 1,137 | 50.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Luitré-Dompierre | 35 | 593 km NW | 1,868 | 45.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 95 % |
| Mametz | 62 | 677 km N | 1,973 | 44.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · 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-Julien-en-Saint-Alban'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Régny | 42 | 142 km N | 1,447 | 39.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hérépian | 34 | 181 km SW | 1,594 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saillans | 26 | 40 km E | 1,460 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bousquet-d'Orb | 34 | 170 km SW | 1,599 | 58 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Quentin-sur-Isère | 38 | 89 km NE | 1,466 | 48.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marsanne | 26 | 19 km SE | 1,246 | 48.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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