Saint-Priest

Identity

Saint-Priest (INSEE 07288) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 1,345 (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/07288-saint-priest

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 12,407 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]

2 × Restaurant (LE MINERAI · LE M). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR CHEZ JO). ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (UN MOMENT POUR SOI PRIVAS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 1,292 (2012) → 1,345 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 968 (1990) → 1,345 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 653, of which 4 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Veyras): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Privas): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Privas): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Privas): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Priest): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ESCRINET SA weather station, 4.4 km away at 737 m; the village itself is at 414 m. ^[11]

The village sits 323 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ESCRINET SA, 4.4 km away at 737 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 323 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 1,071 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PRIVAS, 4 km away at 282 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 — 07288/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07288/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07288/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07288/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07340
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07186
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07288
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024