Sanilhac

Identity

Sanilhac (INSEE 07307) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val de Ligne. Population 437 (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/07307-sanilhac

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,936 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 PETITE FOURNEE). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA TOUR DE BRISON · LA BASTIDE DE SANILHAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING ROCHEPIERRE). ^[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 432 (2012) → 437 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 343 (1990) → 437 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 33.2 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sanilhac): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Largentière): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Largentière): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Largentière): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sanilhac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the JOYEUSE weather station, 6.7 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 444 m. ^[10]

The village sits 232 m above 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CROIX MILLET, 7.9 km away at 779 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 335 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,235 mm of rain a year, spread over 83 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROSIERES, 4.5 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 184,500 € — 2,231 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07307/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07307/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07307/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07307/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07307
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07132
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025