Valgorge

Ardèche · CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie · INSEE 07329

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valgorge (INSEE 07329) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie. Population 412 (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 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 18,000 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	0.46	10	4.58
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ALIMENTATION DE LA BEAUME). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BISTROT DU VILLARD). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE VALGORGE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NANI COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE ROMARIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	L'ALIMENTATION DE LA BEAUME	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	BISTROT DU VILLARD	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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 POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE VALGORGE	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	1	NANI COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DE ROMARIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 338 peak 2012: 470 2023: 412 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 470 (2012) → 412 (2023): -12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 430 (1990) → 412 (2023): -4.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 440, of which 59.3 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km SEBakery — 8.2 km EGP — 11.8 km NEPharmacy — 11.9 km NE 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 (Rocles): 8.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valgorge): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jaujac): 11.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Jaujac): 11.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Valgorge): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 42.7

Muggy days a summer 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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LOUBARESSE weather station, 6 km away at 1,200 m; the village itself is at 586 m. ^[11]

The village sits 614 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SABLIERES OARA, 7.5 km away at 540 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 2,078 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 20.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALGORGE, 0.6 km away at 546 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07329/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07329/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07329/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07329/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07196
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07107
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
Saorge	06	281 km E	430	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sollacaro	2A	501 km SE	396	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Île-de-Batz	29	773 km NW	458	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Quinson	04	182 km SE	368	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Orpierre	05	128 km E	316	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Montferrier	09	266 km SW	541	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orpierre	05	128 km E	316	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Quinson	04	182 km SE	368	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Montferrier	09	266 km SW	541	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saorge	06	281 km E	430	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sollacaro	2A	501 km SE	396	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Île-de-Batz	29	773 km NW	458	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · 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 Valgorge'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
Montferrier	09	266 km SW	541	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Prévenchères	48	19 km SW	267	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Clergoux	19	186 km NW	408	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Béat-Lez	31	333 km SW	385	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis	11	205 km SW	523	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cuzion	36	287 km NW	476	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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