La Souche
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Souche (INSEE 07315) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. Population 385 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 64 % of the 18,038 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.84 | 10 | 8.37 |
| Housing mix | 0.05 | 5 | 0.24 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE CAMELIA). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA SOUCHE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE CAMELIA | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | LA SOUCHE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | PLAGE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 358 (2012) → 385 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 288 (1990) → 385 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 454, of which 47.6 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Jaujac): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Jaujac): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Jaujac): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Jaujac): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Souche): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CROIX MILLET weather station, 4 km away at 779 m; the village itself is at 524 m. [10]
The village sits 255 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CROIX MILLET, 4 km away at 779 m, over 15 summers. [10]
That station sits 255 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 1,869 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 19.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at JAUJAC, 1.7 km away at 550 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07315/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07315/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07315/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07315/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07107
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07315
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcens | 07 | 32 km N | 346 | 21.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Turriers | 04 | 158 km E | 345 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ongles | 04 | 139 km SE | 358 | 32.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Canet-de-Salars | 12 | 123 km W | 451 | 26.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 % |
| Angles-sur-l'Anglin | 86 | 345 km NW | 370 | 38.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Orpierre | 05 | 123 km E | 316 | 33.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcens | 07 | 32 km N | 346 | 21.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Canet-de-Salars | 12 | 123 km W | 451 | 26.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 % |
| Orpierre | 05 | 123 km E | 316 | 33.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ongles | 04 | 139 km SE | 358 | 32.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Turriers | 04 | 158 km E | 345 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Angles-sur-l'Anglin | 86 | 345 km NW | 370 | 38.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · 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 La Souche'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont-du-Ventoux | 84 | 91 km SE | 308 | 35 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fuilla | 66 | 273 km SW | 435 | 41.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labastide-sur-Bésorgues | 07 | 13 km NE | 285 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tallud-Sainte-Gemme | 85 | 457 km NW | 453 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rutali | 2B | 474 km SE | 531 | 42.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Menomblet | 85 | 448 km NW | 685 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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