Saint-Sylvestre

Identity

Saint-Sylvestre (INSEE 07297) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Rhône Crussol. Population 513 (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/07297-saint-sylvestre

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,710 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. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-SYLVESTRE RÉSEAU DES MÉDIATHÈQUES RHÔNE CRUSSOL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAL). ^[3]

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 497 (2012) → 513 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 334 (1990) → 513 (2023): 53.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 22.5 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Plats): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Colombier-le-Jeune): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colombier-le-Jeune): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Alboussière): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Sylvestre): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD weather station, 6.6 km away at 566 m; the village itself is at 425 m. ^[12]

The village sits 141 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 6.6 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 141 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 964 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 6.6 km away at 566 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 — 07297/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07297/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07297/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07297/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07177
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07068
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07007
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07297
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024