Ranchal

Rhône · CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien · INSEE 69164

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ranchal (INSEE 69164) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 304 (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/69164-ranchal

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,890 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.94
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE LA RANCHALAISE). ^[4,3]

2 × Restaurant (LE GENET D'OR · WEBER HEIDY). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA GOURMANDINE). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE LA RANCHALAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LE GENET D'OR · WEBER HEIDY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LA GOURMANDINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 347 2023: 304 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 311 (2012) → 304 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 218 (1990) → 304 (2023): 39.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 292, of which 37.7 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.9 km NEBakery — 5.5 km NWGP — 5.7 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 (Belmont-de-la-Loire): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ranchal): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Poule-les-Écharmeaux): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Poule-les-Écharmeaux): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ranchal): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.6

Days at or below 0 °C 98.1▸

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAMURE-SUR-AZER weather station, 11 km away at 456 m; the village itself is at 710 m. ^[11]

The village sits 254 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,177 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARDORE, 6.4 km away at 700 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 — 69164/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69164/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69164/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69164/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69160
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
Lioux	84	253 km S	286	20.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 4 %
Thonac	24	284 km SW	275	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 55 %
Saül	973	7,274 km W	277	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
Joannas	07	174 km S	328	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %
Hautecour	73	180 km E	298	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 65 %
La Compôte	73	146 km E	273	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 31 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Compôte	73	146 km E	273	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 31 %
Joannas	07	174 km S	328	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %
Hautecour	73	180 km E	298	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 65 %
Lioux	84	253 km S	286	20.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 4 %
Thonac	24	284 km SW	275	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 55 %
Saül	973	7,274 km W	277	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %

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