Chambon

Identity

Chambon (INSEE 30079) is in Gard (30), part of CA Alès Agglomération. Population 260 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/30079-chambon

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,407 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE FOYER). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 297 (2012) → 260 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 196 (1990) → 260 (2023): 32.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 43.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chamborigaud): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chamborigaud): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chamborigaud): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Vernarède): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Vernarède): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GENOLHAC weather station, 6.4 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 298 m. ^[10]

The village sits 221 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °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 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA GRAND COMBE, 6.7 km away at 499 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 201 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,668 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 17.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GENOLHAC, 6.4 km away at 519 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 102,500 € — 1,144 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30079/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30079/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30079/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30079/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30080
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30345
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025