Valvignères

Ardèche · CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron · INSEE 07332

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

Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valvignères (INSEE 07332) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche Rhône Coiron. Population 440 (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/07332-valvigneres

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,945 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.1
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE GOUT DU PORTUGAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE COLOMBIER). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE GOUT DU PORTUGAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GEORGES LEBRAT	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE COLOMBIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 341 peak 2012: 477 2023: 440 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 477 (2012) → 440 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 440 (2023): 31 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 20.8 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 6.2 km NFood shop — 6.3 km NPharmacy — 6.3 km N 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 (Valvignères): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Alba-la-Romaine): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alba-la-Romaine): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Alba-la-Romaine): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 47.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 41.7

Muggy days a summer 4.8

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 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ALBA SA weather station, 4.3 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALBA SA, 4.3 km away at 223 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALBA SA, 4.3 km away at 223 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 — 07332/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07332/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07332/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07332/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07332
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07005
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
Ploéven	29	788 km NW	550	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Argens-Minervois	11	202 km SW	395	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Peyrignac	24	277 km W	577	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Limeyrat	24	293 km W	424	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pin	30	46 km S	474	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Arith	73	180 km NE	456	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Pin	30	46 km S	474	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Arith	73	180 km NE	456	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Argens-Minervois	11	202 km SW	395	44.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Peyrignac	24	277 km W	577	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Limeyrat	24	293 km W	424	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Ploéven	29	788 km NW	550	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Valvignères'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
Saint-Thomé	07	3.9 km E	480	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Tour	06	217 km E	540	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Aujols	46	241 km W	383	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Espalais	82	296 km W	373	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André-d'Olérargues	30	38 km S	443	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Roumagne	47	336 km W	539	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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