Belsentes

Identity

Belsentes (INSEE 07165) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val Eyrieux. Population 538 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Julien-Labrousse (07256). ^[3]

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/07165-belsentes

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,562 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (L'ART DES CHEMINS). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (BROUSS' CAFE · LA BROCHE GOURMANDE). ^[5]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 587 (2012) → 538 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 517 (1990) → 538 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 496, of which 34.1 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Cheylard): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Cheylard): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Cheylard): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Cheylard): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Belsentes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHEYLARD SA weather station, 4.4 km away at 418 m; the village itself is at 679 m. ^[11]

The village sits 261 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 CHEYLARD SA, 4.4 km away at 418 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 261 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 1,157 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHEYLARD SA, 4.4 km away at 418 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 — 07165/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07165/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07165/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07165/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07064
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07165
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024