Saint-Étienne-de-Serre

Identity

Saint-Étienne-de-Serre (INSEE 07233) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 230 (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/07233-saint-etienne-de-serre

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 16,802 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA P'TITE BOULANGE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 217 (2012) → 230 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 186 (1990) → 230 (2023): 23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 230, of which 45.2 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Étienne-de-Serre): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierreville): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pierreville): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-de-Serre): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-PIERREVILLE weather station, 4.3 km away at 560 m; the village itself is at 588 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST PVILLE S.A., 4.3 km away at 640 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 52 m above 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 1,394 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 14.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-PIERREVILLE, 4.3 km away at 560 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 142,500 € — 1,717 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07233/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07233/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07233/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07233/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07233
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07286
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07167
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025