Saint-Germain
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 37.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Germain (INSEE 07241) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Berg et Coiron. Population 705 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/07241-saint-germain
Vitality score
Vitality score 37.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 16,384 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA CHARETTE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (MAMA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE RELAIS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE BARDOU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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) | 1 | LA CHARETTE GOURMANDE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | MAMA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | HOTEL LE RELAIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LE BARDOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 667 (2012) → 705 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 340 (1990) → 705 (2023): 107.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 386, of which 11.9 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lavilledieu): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vogüé): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Lavilledieu): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lavilledieu): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Germain): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MIRABEL SA weather station, 5 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 197 m. [11]
The village sits 78 m below 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 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MIRABEL SA, 5 km away at 275 m, over 12 summers. [11]
That station sits 78 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 984 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MIRABEL SA, 5 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 240,500 € — 1,852 € per m² of built surface. [12]
5 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 160,000 € — 951 € per m². [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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07241/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07241/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07241/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07241/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07138
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07348
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07241
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieffenbach-au-Val | 67 | 473 km NE | 642 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gognies-Chaussée | 59 | 645 km N | 723 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 78 % |
| Thieux | 77 | 514 km N | 778 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bootzheim | 67 | 470 km NE | 795 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Ouen-en-Brie | 77 | 461 km N | 837 | 37.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fouchy | 67 | 472 km NE | 635 | 28.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ouen-en-Brie | 77 | 461 km N | 837 | 37.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bootzheim | 67 | 470 km NE | 795 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fouchy | 67 | 472 km NE | 635 | 28.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dieffenbach-au-Val | 67 | 473 km NE | 642 | 36.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thieux | 77 | 514 km N | 778 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gognies-Chaussée | 59 | 645 km N | 723 | 33.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 78 % |
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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-Germain'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bâtie-Rolland | 26 | 33 km E | 1,087 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cieurac | 46 | 234 km W | 660 | 37.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Roubion | 26 | 35 km E | 1,091 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet | 26 | 29 km E | 1,228 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prades | 07 | 14 km NW | 1,195 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Puygiron | 26 | 32 km E | 431 | 29.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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