Saint-Genest-de-Beauzon

Identity

Saint-Genest-de-Beauzon (INSEE 07238) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Pays Beaume-Drobie. Population 332 (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/07238-saint-genest-de-beauzon

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 18,042 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CARRES II). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 296 (2012) → 332 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 201 (1990) → 332 (2023): 65.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 264, of which 36.4 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lablachère): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Genest-de-Beauzon): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Joyeuse): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Joyeuse): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Assions): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LES VANS-SA weather station, 4.1 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[12]

The village sits 101 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LES VANS-SA, 4.1 km away at 140 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 101 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,217 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 14.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LES VANS-SA, 4.1 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 232,000 € — 2,240 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

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 — 07238/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07238/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07238/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07238/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07117
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07238
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07110
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07017
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025