Banne

Identity

Banne (INSEE 07024) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 648 (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/07024-banne

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 37 % of the 16,747 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

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

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE BANNE SARL · A LA TABLE DE PAPI JEAN). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (TIF & BRICO). ^[4,3]

1 × Hotel. ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 708 (2012) → 648 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 535 (1990) → 648 (2023): 21.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 683, of which 47.3 % second homes and 0.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Banne): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES VANS-SA weather station, 5.7 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 274 m. ^[10]

The village sits 134 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LES VANS-SA, 5.7 km away at 140 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 134 m below 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 1,294 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES VANS, 5.5 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07024/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07024/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07024/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07024/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07280
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07024
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024