Ucel

Ardèche · CC du Bassin d'Aubenas · INSEE 07325

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ucel (INSEE 07325) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Bassin d'Aubenas. Population 2,019 (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/07325-ucel

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 9,564 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.7	10	7.04
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (GE AND CO). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'OLIVET · ECO9LE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE L'ARROSOIR). ^[3]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (ALTITIF' · MARGAUX · L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING DOMAINE DE GIL · EURL CAMPING LE PASTURAL · CAMPING LES PINS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	3	GE AND CO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'OLIVET · ECO9LE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE L'ARROSOIR	INSEE BPE 2 [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	UCEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE DEYDIER	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	3	ALTITIF' · MARGAUX · L'ATELIER COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING DOMAINE DE GIL · EURL CAMPING LE PASTURAL · CAMPING LES PINS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,163 peak 2017: 2,043 2023: 2,019 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,032 (2012) → 2,019 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,677 (1990) → 2,019 (2023): 20.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,225, of which 9.1 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km SWPharmacy — 1.0 km SWGP — 1.2 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 (Aubenas): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aubenas): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Privat): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aubenas): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aubenas): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 45.6

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUBENAS SA weather station, 3 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 217 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AUBENAS SA, 3 km away at 176 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,051 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 12.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUBENAS SA, 3 km away at 176 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 — 07325/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07325/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07325/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07325/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07019
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07289
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
Bachy	59	665 km N	1,898	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Marsat	63	173 km NW	1,426	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Peillonnex	74	228 km NE	1,381	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Messein	54	463 km N	1,981	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Bazemont	78	516 km N	1,727	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	379 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marsat	63	173 km NW	1,426	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Peillonnex	74	228 km NE	1,381	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	379 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Messein	54	463 km N	1,981	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Bazemont	78	516 km N	1,727	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bachy	59	665 km N	1,898	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · 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 Ucel'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
La Barben	13	127 km SE	868	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Charmes-sur-Rhône	07	43 km NE	3,143	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sernin	07	6.1 km S	1,872	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Soyons	07	46 km NE	2,341	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Arthès	81	190 km W	2,528	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Privat	07	1.1 km E	1,663	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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