Saint-Michel-de-Boulogne

Identity

Saint-Michel-de-Boulogne (INSEE 07277) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Bassin d'Aubenas. Population 149 (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/07277-saint-michel-de-boulogne

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 14,028 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

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 146 (2012) → 149 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 96 (1990) → 149 (2023): 55.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 39.3 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vesseaux): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Andéol-de-Vals): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vesseaux): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vals-les-Bains): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Michel-de-Boulogne): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ESCRINET SA weather station, 5 km away at 737 m; the village itself is at 495 m. ^[12]

The village sits 242 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ESCRINET SA, 5 km away at 737 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 242 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 1,398 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 14.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ESCRINET SA, 5 km away at 737 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

6 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 185,340 € — 1,879 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07277/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07277/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07277/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07277/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07339
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07210
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07331
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07277
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025