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Tauriers

Ardèche · CC Val de Ligne · INSEE 07318

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tauriers (INSEE 07318) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val de Ligne. Population 203 (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/07318-tauriers

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,001 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.8108.01
Housing mix0.1150.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (RAVEL · SURYA-CHANDRA YOGA ET CUISINE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2RAVEL · SURYA-CHANDRA YOGA ET CUISINEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 90 2023: 203 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 179 (2012) → 203 (2023): 13.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 203 (2023): 30.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 182, of which 44.5 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.1 km E (Chassiers)Bakery — 1.2 km E (Chassiers)Food shop — 1.3 km SE (Largentière)GP — 1.4 km E (Largentière)Pharmacy — 1.4 km SE (Largentière)
Primary school — 1.1 km EBakery — 1.2 km EFood shop — 1.3 km SEGP — 1.4 km EPharmacy — 1.4 km SE 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 (Chassiers): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Largentière): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Largentière): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Largentière): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Chassiers): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CROIX MILLET weather station, 6.8 km away at 779 m; the village itself is at 421 m. [10]

The village sits 358 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 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at CROIX MILLET, 6.8 km away at 779 m, over 15 summers. [10]

That station sits 358 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, 6.7 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

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 190,000 € — 1,681 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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 — 07318/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07318/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07318/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07318/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07058
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07132
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Balaguères09315 km SW19613.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Chaum31342 km SW20514.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Aston09288 km SW19714.4No daily shopsno figures
Bédeilhac-et-Aynat09287 km SW17817.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 100 %
Lacourt09307 km SW20510.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Allas-les-Mines24255 km W20314.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Allas-les-Mines24255 km W20314.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Bédeilhac-et-Aynat09287 km SW17817.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 100 %
Aston09288 km SW19714.4No daily shopsno figures
Lacourt09307 km SW20510.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Balaguères09315 km SW19613.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Chaum31342 km SW20514.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Tauriers'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Planzolles0713 km SW16420.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Les Brunels11220 km SW26824.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Prunet075.2 km N13410.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cirgues-de-Prades077.9 km N14213.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chazeaux075.3 km NE13431Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Albières11230 km SW11721.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %