Saint-Mélany

Identity

Saint-Mélany (INSEE 07275) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie. Population 118 (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/07275-saint-melany

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 12,024 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (NAUTILUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE SAINT MÉLANY). ^[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, 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 121 (2012) → 118 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 98 (1990) → 118 (2023): 20.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 65.1 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ribes): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valgorge): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Joyeuse): 10.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Joyeuse): 10.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dompnac): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SABLIERES OARA weather station, 3.6 km away at 540 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[12]

The village sits 78 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SABLIERES OARA, 3.6 km away at 540 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 78 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,785 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 18.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SABLIERES OARA, 3.6 km away at 540 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07275/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07275/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07275/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07275/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07189
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07329
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07110
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07081
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024