Soyons

Ardèche · CC Rhône Crussol · INSEE 07316

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soyons (INSEE 07316) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Rhône Crussol. Population 2,341 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/07316-soyons

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 8,628 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.5	20	9.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COTTE ET FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA VIE CLAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (PIZZA 86 · LA MARMITE · LA PICHOLINE · SOYONS PONT DES LONES - SPDL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA TOUR). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLEMENT BARLETTA, MÉDECIN · ALAIN BRUSCHET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BARGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOYONS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE BALCON AUX LIVRES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE CEDRE DE SOYONS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	COTTE ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA VIE CLAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	10	PIZZA 86 · LA MARMITE · LA PICHOLINE · SOYONS PONT DES LONES - SPDL	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CLEMENT BARLETTA, MÉDECIN · ALAIN BRUSCHET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BARGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SOYONS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE BALCON AUX LIVRES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	L'ATELIER COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE CEDRE DE SOYONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 787 2023: 2,341 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,014 (2012) → 2,341 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,551 (1990) → 2,341 (2023): 50.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,155, of which 0.8 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.3 km E 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 (Soyons): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Portes-lès-Valence): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soyons): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Soyons): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soyons): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 49.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-LAURENT PAPE weather station, 11.4 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VERNOUX SA, 17.5 km away at 510 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 399 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 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GEORGES BAIN, 3.6 km away at 112 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 — 07316/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07316/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07316/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07316/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26252
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
Puymoyen	16	374 km W	2,403	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Richardménil	54	424 km N	2,389	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Foucherans	39	248 km N	2,284	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Rouillon	72	500 km NW	2,382	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Corbehem	62	620 km N	2,258	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurieux-sur-l'Arbresle	69	106 km N	2,361	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fleurieux-sur-l'Arbresle	69	106 km N	2,361	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Foucherans	39	248 km N	2,284	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Puymoyen	16	374 km W	2,403	42.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Richardménil	54	424 km N	2,389	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Rouillon	72	500 km NW	2,382	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Corbehem	62	620 km N	2,258	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Soyons'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
Pradines	46	276 km W	3,617	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon	07	49 km SW	2,920	69.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Arthès	81	234 km SW	2,528	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Lescure-d'Albigeois	81	237 km SW	4,590	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Privat	07	45 km SW	1,663	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Charmes-sur-Rhône	07	3.4 km SW	3,143	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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