Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche (INSEE 07264) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 2,346 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 39 % of the 8,618 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.17 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DES PETITS VALLOS). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (MALO PIZZA · FOOD TRUCK TAPAS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT REGIS). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE COMTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST MARCEL D ARDECHE AP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (SALON SANDRINE · QUENON CLAUDIE · CHRISTEL B.). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (LES DELICES DES PETITS VALLOS). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES TRUFFIERES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LES DELICES DES PETITS VALLOS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 2 | MALO PIZZA · FOOD TRUCK TAPAS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT REGIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE COMTE | 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 | ST MARCEL D ARDECHE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | SALON SANDRINE · QUENON CLAUDIE · CHRISTEL B. | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | LES DELICES DES PETITS VALLOS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES TRUFFIERES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday matin. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,407 (2012) → 2,346 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,781 (1990) → 2,346 (2023): 31.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,388, of which 8.9 % second homes and 12 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Just-d'Ardèche): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Just-d'Ardèche): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ORGNAC AVEN weather station, 16.2 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 133 m. [11]
The village sits 97 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 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VALLON SA, 18.4 km away at 120 m, over 18 summers. [11]
An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BOURG ST ANDEOL, 5.4 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07264/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.stmarceldardeche.fr/tourisme-et-patrimoine/presentation-du-village— “marché du jeudi matin”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07264/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07264/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07264/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07264
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brens | 81 | 222 km W | 2,423 | 51.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Marie | 35 | 633 km NW | 2,247 | 46 | Partly served | no figures |
| Beaumont-en-Véron | 37 | 469 km NW | 2,717 | 40.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plaine-et-Vallées | 79 | 467 km NW | 2,317 | 45.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 84 % |
| Fégréac | 44 | 629 km NW | 2,243 | 44.9 | Partly served | no figures |
| Zutkerque | 62 | 750 km N | 1,820 | 36.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brens | 81 | 222 km W | 2,423 | 51.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plaine-et-Vallées | 79 | 467 km NW | 2,317 | 45.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 84 % |
| Beaumont-en-Véron | 37 | 469 km NW | 2,717 | 40.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fégréac | 44 | 629 km NW | 2,243 | 44.9 | Partly served | no figures |
| Sainte-Marie | 35 | 633 km NW | 2,247 | 46 | Partly served | no figures |
| Zutkerque | 62 | 750 km N | 1,820 | 36.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · 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-Marcel-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons | 30 | 43 km SW | 1,813 | 34.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Bégude-de-Mazenc | 26 | 35 km NE | 1,779 | 61.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méjannes-lès-Alès | 30 | 45 km SW | 1,243 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mornas | 84 | 16 km SE | 2,569 | 51 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cabrières | 30 | 49 km S | 1,817 | 36.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Uchaux | 84 | 20 km SE | 1,699 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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