Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac

Identity

Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac (INSEE 07298) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron. Population 887 (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/07298-saint-symphorien-sous-chomerac

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 15,051 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA SYMPHONIE DES DELICES). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE QUARTIER LIBERNE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (M COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 730 (2012) → 887 (2023): 21.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 519 (1990) → 887 (2023): 70.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 423, of which 5.9 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chomérac): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Flaviac): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHOMERAC SA_RCE weather station, 4.9 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[12]

The village sits 61 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 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 4.9 km away at 216 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 61 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 1,066 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHOMERAC SA_RCE, 4.9 km away at 216 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 — 07298/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07298/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07298/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07298/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07298
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07066
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07090
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07255
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024