Saint-Just-d'Ardèche

Ardèche · CC du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche · INSEE 07259

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Just-d'Ardèche (INSEE 07259) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 1,577 (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 56.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 11,252 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.49	20	9.89
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.96	10	9.63
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BIOLANGERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE CHAUVIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ANCIA). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (L'ALTHEA · DE LA TOUR · LA CAMBUSE · LA BONNE EXCUSE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MOHAMMED-SAID MEDJELLEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT JUST). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JUST D ARDECHE AP). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DAUPHINE VIVARAIS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DES GORGES DE L'ARDECHE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SAINT JUST COIF'). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA TOUR). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (PRADIER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BIOLANGERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE CHAUVIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	ANCIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	L'ALTHEA · DE LA TOUR · LA CAMBUSE · LA BONNE EXCUSE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MOHAMMED-SAID MEDJELLEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT JUST	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 JUST D ARDECHE 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	2	CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DAUPHINE VIVARAIS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DES GORGES DE L'ARDECHE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SAINT JUST COIF'	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	PRADIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 833 peak 2017: 1,684 2023: 1,577 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,677 (2012) → 1,577 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,078 (1990) → 1,577 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 859, of which 7.1 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Saint-Just-d'Ardèche): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Just-d'Ardèche): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Just-d'Ardèche): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Just-d'Ardèche): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Just-d'Ardèche): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.4

Muggy days a summer 3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ORGNAC AVEN weather station, 15.4 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[9]

The village sits 144 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALLON SA, 19.3 km away at 120 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BOURG ST ANDEOL, 7.9 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07259/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07259/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07259/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07259/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07259
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
Montbazens	12	190 km W	1,446	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 23 %
Renwez	08	615 km N	1,656	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 8 % · humidity 79 %
Cenon-sur-Vienne	86	420 km NW	1,666	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Cousance	39	255 km N	1,287	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Plélan-le-Petit	22	696 km NW	1,992	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Jussac	15	189 km NW	2,040	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jussac	15	189 km NW	2,040	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Montbazens	12	190 km W	1,446	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 23 %
Cousance	39	255 km N	1,287	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Cenon-sur-Vienne	86	420 km NW	1,666	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Renwez	08	615 km N	1,656	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 8 % · humidity 79 %
Plélan-le-Petit	22	696 km NW	1,992	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · 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-Just-d'Ardèche'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
Tulette	26	25 km E	1,994	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rochegude	26	18 km E	1,678	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vézénobres	30	47 km SW	1,865	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bessèges	30	42 km W	2,606	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Caderousse	84	25 km SE	2,493	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône	26	22 km N	2,917	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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