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Saint-Gineys-en-Coiron

Ardèche · CC Berg et Coiron · INSEE 07242

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gineys-en-Coiron (INSEE 07242) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Berg et Coiron. Population 125 (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/07242-saint-gineys-en-coiron

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 12,568 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.5152.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZ'COIRONNAISE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2PIZZ'COIRONNAISEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 121 2023: 125 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 109 (2012) → 125 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 70 (1990) → 125 (2023): 78.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 98, of which 24.5 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.8 km NW (Darbres)Food shop — 3.5 km W (Lussas)Bakery — 4.4 km S (Saint-Jean-le-Centenier)GP — 5.5 km SW (Lussas)Pharmacy — 7.2 km S (Villeneuve-de-Berg)
Primary school — 2.8 km NWFood shop — 3.5 km WBakery — 4.4 km SGP — 5.5 km SWPharmacy — 7.2 km S Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Saint-Jean-le-Centenier): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lussas): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Lussas): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-de-Berg): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Darbres): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BERZEME RAD weather station, 2.6 km away at 665 m; the village itself is at 679 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at BERZEME RAD, 2.6 km away at 665 m, over 21 summers. [12]

An average of 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 13.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BERZEME RAD, 2.6 km away at 665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07242/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07242/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07242/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07242/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07247
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07145
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07341
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07077
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon13150 km SE12613.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Rochebaudin2640 km E11822.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-des-Points4862 km SW12122.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cambayrac46259 km W13619.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Mesples03262 km NW12915.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Thil-sur-Arroux71243 km N13816No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rochebaudin2640 km E11822.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-des-Points4862 km SW12122.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon13150 km SE12613.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Thil-sur-Arroux71243 km N13816No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Cambayrac46259 km W13619.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Mesples03262 km NW12915.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Gineys-en-Coiron'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bénaix09288 km SW15214.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villedômain37370 km NW12910.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villeberny21312 km N10318.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sénaillac-Latronquière46197 km W12720.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Boux-sous-Salmaise21316 km N1245.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bretagne36344 km NW12512.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %