Saint-Basile
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Basile (INSEE 07218) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays de Lamastre. Population 356 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 18,059 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.04 |
| Housing mix | 0.29 | 5 | 1.45 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (MARIE CAFE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (EN FAIM). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | MARIE CAFE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | EN FAIM | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 323 (2012) → 356 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 273 (1990) → 356 (2023): 30.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 293, of which 35.5 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lamastre): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lamastre): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lamastre): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lamastre): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lamastre): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VERNOUX SA weather station, 8.3 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 657 m. [9]
The village sits 147 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VERNOUX SA, 8.3 km away at 510 m, over 20 summers. [9]
That station sits 147 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,036 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LAMASTRE, 4 km away at 367 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07218/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07218/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07218/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07218/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07129
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saisy | 71 | 223 km N | 350 | 24.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pennedepie | 14 | 596 km NW | 306 | 26.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Léger-la-Montagne | 87 | 273 km NW | 362 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 16 % |
| Langoëlan | 56 | 692 km NW | 403 | 25.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Couesmes-Vaucé | 53 | 559 km NW | 379 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 22 % |
| Saint-Mesmin | 24 | 268 km W | 343 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saisy | 71 | 223 km N | 350 | 24.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mesmin | 24 | 268 km W | 343 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Léger-la-Montagne | 87 | 273 km NW | 362 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 16 % |
| Couesmes-Vaucé | 53 | 559 km NW | 379 | 21.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 22 % |
| Pennedepie | 14 | 596 km NW | 306 | 26.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Langoëlan | 56 | 692 km NW | 403 | 25.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Saint-Basile's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moureuille | 63 | 187 km NW | 371 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Michel-les-Portes | 38 | 81 km E | 285 | 21.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chissey-en-Morvan | 71 | 242 km N | 308 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuf-Église | 63 | 182 km NW | 332 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon | 07 | 11 km S | 203 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Baudille-et-Pipet | 38 | 96 km E | 256 | 23.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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