Saint-Julien-Vocance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 15.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Julien-Vocance (INSEE 07258) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Annonay Rhône Agglo. Population 221 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 15.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 36 % of the 16,569 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 4.02 |
| Housing mix | 0.25 | 5 | 1.23 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE SAINT JULIEN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JULIEN VOCANCE AP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | AUBERGE SAINT JULIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT JULIEN VOCANCE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 232 (2012) → 221 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 245 (1990) → 221 (2023): -9.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 37.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vocance): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vocance): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Lalouvesc): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Villevocance): 8.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Vocance): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LALOUVESC weather station, 6.8 km away at 1,090 m; the village itself is at 660 m. [11]
The village sits 430 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 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ROCHEPAULE SA, 11.1 km away at 1,055 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 395 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 959 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VOCANCE, 5 km away at 529 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07258/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07258/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07258/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07258/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07347
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07128
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07342
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ulphace | 72 | 435 km NW | 222 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lurais | 36 | 323 km NW | 226 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ségur-le-Château | 19 | 252 km W | 202 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ray-sur-Saône | 70 | 287 km N | 209 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Salles-sous-Bois | 26 | 87 km SE | 222 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baudinard-sur-Verdon | 83 | 208 km SE | 235 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-sous-Bois | 26 | 87 km SE | 222 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baudinard-sur-Verdon | 83 | 208 km SE | 235 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ségur-le-Château | 19 | 252 km W | 202 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ray-sur-Saône | 70 | 287 km N | 209 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lurais | 36 | 323 km NW | 226 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Ulphace | 72 | 435 km NW | 222 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · 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-Julien-Vocance'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitry-les-Mines | 58 | 241 km N | 216 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaum | 31 | 395 km SW | 205 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chemillé-sur-Indrois | 37 | 339 km NW | 227 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lods | 25 | 248 km NE | 253 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Esténos | 31 | 396 km SW | 191 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Eaux-Puiseaux | 10 | 331 km N | 248 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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