Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier

Identity

Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier (INSEE 07282) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. Population 444 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07282-saint-pierre-de-colombier

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,933 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE D'A COTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU CROUPION DORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST PIERRE DE COLOMBIER AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LAETITIA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 407 (2012) → 444 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 388 (1990) → 444 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 45.9 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chirols): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meyras): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montpezat-sous-Bauzon): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Meyras): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTPEZAT SA weather station, 4.6 km away at 602 m; the village itself is at 407 m. ^[12]

The village sits 195 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 MONTPEZAT SA, 4.6 km away at 602 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 195 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 1,694 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 18.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTPEZAT, 2.6 km away at 491 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 — 07282/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07282/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07282/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07282/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07065
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07282
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07156
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07161
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024