Saint-Thomé

Identity

Saint-Thomé (INSEE 07300) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron. Population 480 (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/07300-saint-thome

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,890 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 (LA TERRASSE DES CARMES · ST THOM'S). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (DOLO AMOR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MEDROSE CAMPING). ^[3,4]

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 432 (2012) → 480 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 285 (1990) → 480 (2023): 68.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 298, of which 22.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Valvignères): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viviers): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Viviers): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Alba-la-Romaine): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Thomé): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ALBA SA weather station, 5.3 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 137 m. ^[12]

The village sits 86 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 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ALBA SA, 5.3 km away at 223 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 86 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 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ALBA SA, 5.3 km away at 223 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 — 07300/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07300/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07300/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07300/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07332
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07346
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07005
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07300
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024