Viviers
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Viviers (INSEE 07346) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 3,633 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/07346-viviers
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 6,090 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.4 |
| Social | 0.72 | 20 | 14.46 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.99 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN D'ANTAN · EMILIEN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (KD.HV62). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICES & TOUT... · LA BOUTIK DU COIN). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (MENAA AZUS · AU PETIT CREUX · PIZZA SNACK L ART DES CHOIX · LES CHEVALIERS · LA GUINGETTE DES DOCKS). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (AU CAFE FRANCAIS · LESTRADE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LA ROUNINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT REGIS). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-FRANCOIS COLIN, MÉDECIN · DANIEL RABOUILLE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-NOEL BLANC, MÉDECIN · CORINE MULLER, MÉDECIN · AURORE LAMALLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VIVIERS RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (ESPACE EOLE · DETENTE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE JADE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE CHARLES DE FOUCAULD). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING ROCHECONDRIE LOISIRS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | AU PAIN D'ANTAN · EMILIEN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | KD.HV62 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | EPICES & TOUT... · LA BOUTIK DU COIN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | MENAA AZUS · AU PETIT CREUX · PIZZA SNACK L ART DES CHOIX · LES CHEVALIERS · LA GUINGETTE DES DOCKS | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | AU CAFE FRANCAIS · LESTRADE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LA ROUNINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT REGIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | JEAN-FRANCOIS COLIN, MÉDECIN · DANIEL RABOUILLE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-NOEL BLANC, MÉDECIN · CORINE MULLER, MÉDECIN · AURORE LAMALLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | VIVIERS 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 | 2 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | ESPACE EOLE · DETENTE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE JADE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOSTELLERIE CHARLES DE FOUCAULD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING ROCHECONDRIE LOISIRS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,908 (2012) → 3,633 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,407 (1990) → 3,633 (2023): 6.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,950, of which 4.5 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Viviers): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Viviers): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Viviers): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Donzère): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Viviers): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ALBA SA weather station, 10.8 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 73 m. [10]
The village sits 150 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 8 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ALBA SA, 10.8 km away at 223 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 150 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 897 mm of rain a year, spread over 76 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-MONTAN, 6.1 km away at 130 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 — 07346/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07346/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07346/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07346/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07346
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26116
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic-Fezensac | 32 | 359 km W | 3,577 | 55.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Chauffailles | 71 | 194 km N | 3,638 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 24 % · humidity 50 % |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 76 | 618 km N | 3,642 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 % |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir | 41 | 468 km NW | 3,646 | 48.7 | Partly served | no figures |
| Montmirail | 51 | 496 km N | 3,535 | 53.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 % |
| Quissac | 30 | 84 km SW | 3,528 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quissac | 30 | 84 km SW | 3,528 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chauffailles | 71 | 194 km N | 3,638 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 24 % · humidity 50 % |
| Vic-Fezensac | 32 | 359 km W | 3,577 | 55.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir | 41 | 468 km NW | 3,646 | 48.7 | Partly served | no figures |
| Montmirail | 51 | 496 km N | 3,535 | 53.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 % |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 76 | 618 km N | 3,642 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Viviers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontvieille | 13 | 84 km S | 3,571 | 44.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cabannes | 13 | 72 km S | 4,595 | 48.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plan-d'Orgon | 13 | 79 km S | 3,573 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Canet | 34 | 137 km SW | 3,619 | 48.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Andiol | 13 | 74 km S | 3,353 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jonquières-Saint-Vincent | 30 | 73 km S | 3,875 | 50.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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