Sampzon

Ardèche · CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche · INSEE 07306

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sampzon (INSEE 07306) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 241 (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/07306-sampzon

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,034 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.98	10	9.79
Housing mix	0.04	5	0.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ILOROSE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HE! THYM SEL). ^[3,4]

8 × Campsite (CAMPING RCN LA BASTIDE EN ARDECHE · SOLEIL VIVARAIS · SUN CAMPING · CAMPING LE CHASSEZAC · LE RIVIERA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	ILOROSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	HE! THYM SEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	8	CAMPING RCN LA BASTIDE EN ARDECHE · SOLEIL VIVARAIS · SUN CAMPING · CAMPING LE CHASSEZAC · LE RIVIERA	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 108 2023: 241 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 221 (2012) → 241 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 163 (1990) → 241 (2023): 47.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 48.2 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop GP — 1.7 km NBakery — 1.9 km NPrimary school — 2.8 km NPharmacy — 3.2 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Ruoms): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sampzon): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ruoms): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ruoms): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ruoms): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 65.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 56.8

Muggy days a summer 4.3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 66 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GROSPIERRES weather station, 3.7 km away at 127 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GROSPIERRES SA, 4.1 km away at 107 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,088 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 13.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GROSPIERRES, 3.7 km away at 127 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07306/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07306/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07306/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07306/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07306
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Concoules	30	33 km W	277	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Marigny	39	275 km NE	215	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Albepierre-Bredons	15	140 km NW	242	12.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Notre-Dame-du-Pré	73	214 km NE	258	12.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Argein	09	317 km SW	195	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lanloup	22	734 km NW	252	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Concoules	30	33 km W	277	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Albepierre-Bredons	15	140 km NW	242	12.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Notre-Dame-du-Pré	73	214 km NE	258	12.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Marigny	39	275 km NE	215	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Argein	09	317 km SW	195	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lanloup	22	734 km NW	252	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Sampzon's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cazals	82	212 km W	236	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Aubussargues	30	47 km S	333	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Féneyrols	82	204 km W	176	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gailhan	30	69 km S	313	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Montclus	30	19 km S	179	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis	30	22 km SE	562	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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