Genestelle

Identity

Genestelle (INSEE 07093) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Bassin d'Aubenas. Population 266 (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/07093-genestelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,491 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PETITE BOULANGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ HUBERT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE RELAIS MUNICIPAL 150 CHEMIN DES AGIERS BISE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 291 (2012) → 266 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 260 (1990) → 266 (2023): 2.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 263, of which 39.2 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Genestelle): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Genestelle): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ANTRAIGUES SA weather station, 3.2 km away at 600 m; the village itself is at 661 m. ^[10]

The village sits 61 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 ANTRAIGUES SA, 3.2 km away at 600 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 61 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 1,699 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 18.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANTRAIGUES, 3.1 km away at 422 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07093/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07093/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07093/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07093/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07093
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07011
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024