Vagnas

Ardèche · CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche · INSEE 07328

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

Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vagnas (INSEE 07328) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 636 (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/07328-vagnas

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 16,802 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.13	5	0.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 2 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) (DULCE BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ESQUIREL). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'UNISENS · LE PICOUREL · UN BOUT D AILLEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAGNAS RP). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (L ATELIER DE LULU · LE TEMPS DES CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (DOMAINE DU FRIGOULET · LA BASTIDE D'IRIS · HOTEL DU COUVENT). ^[3,4]

4 × Campsite (CAMPING LA ROUVIÈRE LES PINS · CAMPING LA GOULE · HUTTOPIA SUD-ARDECHE · CAMPING PARC DE ST SAUVAYRE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DULCE BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'ESQUIREL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'UNISENS · LE PICOUREL · UN BOUT D AILLEURS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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	VAGNAS RP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L ATELIER DE LULU · LE TEMPS DES CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3	DOMAINE DU FRIGOULET · LA BASTIDE D'IRIS · HOTEL DU COUVENT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite	4	CAMPING LA ROUVIÈRE LES PINS · CAMPING LA GOULE · HUTTOPIA SUD-ARDECHE · CAMPING PARC DE ST SAUVAYRE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 298 2023: 636 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 557 (2012) → 636 (2023): 14.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 383 (1990) → 636 (2023): 66.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 529, of which 43.3 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.3 km SBakery — 4.4 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km S 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 (Vagnas): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vagnas): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barjac): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barjac): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 51.5

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 51 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALLON SA weather station, 6 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 230 m. ^[10]

The village sits 110 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 VALLON SA, 6 km away at 120 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 110 m below 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 1,008 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BESSAS, 5.4 km away at 251 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 — 07328/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07328/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07328/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07328/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07328
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30029
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
La Bollène-Vésubie	06	240 km E	662	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Roquebrun	34	142 km SW	601	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Viens	84	108 km SE	626	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Berrias-et-Casteljau	07	14 km W	793	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mialet	30	43 km SW	628	47.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chanaz	73	197 km NE	551	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Berrias-et-Casteljau	07	14 km W	793	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mialet	30	43 km SW	628	47.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Viens	84	108 km SE	626	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Roquebrun	34	142 km SW	601	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 57 %
Chanaz	73	197 km NE	551	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 91 %
La Bollène-Vésubie	06	240 km E	662	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · 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 Vagnas'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
Le Barroux	84	63 km E	662	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Claviers	83	194 km SE	727	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Roaix	84	53 km E	626	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Séguret	84	54 km E	769	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lussan	30	21 km S	545	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Estaing	12	137 km W	502	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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