Saint-Romain-d'Ay

Identity

Saint-Romain-d'Ay (INSEE 07292) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Val d'Ay. Population 1,164 (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/07292-saint-romain-d-ay

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 13,398 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 (LES BURGERS DE SOPHIE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-EXUPERY). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ROMAIN D AY AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (CHEVEU D'ANGE · AU SALON COIFFURE ET ESTHETIQUE). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,075 (2012) → 1,164 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 660 (1990) → 1,164 (2023): 76.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 576, of which 5.6 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Préaux): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Préaux): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Quintenas): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Quintenas): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Romain-d'Ay): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PREAUX SA weather station, 2.6 km away at 525 m; the village itself is at 447 m. ^[11]

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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PREAUX SA, 2.6 km away at 525 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

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. ^[11]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PREAUX SA, 2.6 km away at 525 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 — 07292/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07292/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07292/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07292/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07185
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07188
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07292
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024