Saint-Julien-du-Serre

Identity

Saint-Julien-du-Serre (INSEE 07254) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Bassin d'Aubenas. Population 879 (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/07254-saint-julien-du-serre

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 15,109 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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 830 (2012) → 879 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 689 (1990) → 879 (2023): 27.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 484, of which 13.6 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Privat): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vesseaux): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vesseaux): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vals-les-Bains): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Julien-du-Serre): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VALS-LES-BAINS weather station, 4.1 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 334 m. ^[12]

The village sits 51 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 AUBENAS SA, 6.2 km away at 176 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 158 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 1,245 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 14.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VALS-LES-BAINS, 4.1 km away at 283 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 — 07254/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07254/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07254/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07254/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07289
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07339
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07331
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07254
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024