Saint-Pons

Identity

Saint-Pons (INSEE 07287) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Berg et Coiron. Population 308 (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/07287-saint-pons

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,889 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (COULEUR KAFE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (LA MERE BIQUETTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 280 (2012) → 308 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 181 (1990) → 308 (2023): 70.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 33.6 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jean-le-Centenier): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Alba-la-Romaine): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alba-la-Romaine): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Alba-la-Romaine): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Pons): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERZEME RAD weather station, 3.9 km away at 665 m; the village itself is at 360 m. ^[11]

The village sits 305 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 BERZEME RAD, 3.9 km away at 665 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 305 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 13.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERZEME RAD, 3.9 km away at 665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07287/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07287/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07287/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07287/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07247
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07005
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07287
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024