Montselgues

Identity

Montselgues (INSEE 07163) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 86 (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/07163-montselgues

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 9,143 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 (L'AURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 91 (2012) → 86 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 69 (1990) → 86 (2023): 24.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 108, of which 57.4 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villefort): 11 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pied-de-Borne): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle): 9.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Bastide-Puylaurent): 10.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Montselgues): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the SABLIERES OARA weather station, 5.4 km away at 540 m; the village itself is at 1,028 m. ^[13]

The village sits 488 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at SABLIERES OARA, 5.4 km away at 540 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 488 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,785 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 18.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SABLIERES OARA, 5.4 km away at 540 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07163/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07163/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07163/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07163/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48198
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48015
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07262
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48021
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07163
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024