Devesset

Identity

Devesset (INSEE 07080) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val Eyrieux. Population 310 (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/07080-devesset

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,943 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE CABISTOU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DEVESSET AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE DEVESSET). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS DE DEVESSET). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LAC DE DEVESSET). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 287 (2012) → 310 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 267 (1990) → 310 (2023): 16.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 55.5 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Agrève): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Chambon-sur-Lignon): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Agrève): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Agrève): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Devesset): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROCHEPAULE SA weather station, 5.3 km away at 1,055 m; the village itself is at 1,149 m. ^[11]

The village sits 94 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROCHEPAULE SA, 5.3 km away at 1,055 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 94 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 963 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROCHEPAULE SA, 5.3 km away at 1,055 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07080/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07080/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07080/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07080/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07204
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43051
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07080
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024