Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean

Identity

Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean (INSEE 07284) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 195 (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/07284-saint-pierre-saint-jean

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 15,840 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

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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, 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 148 (2012) → 195 (2023): 31.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 114 (1990) → 195 (2023): 71.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 309, of which 63.1 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chambonas): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chambonas): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Vans): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Vans): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Payzac): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-PIERRE-ST-JEAN weather station, 1.2 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 433 m. ^[11]

The village sits 118 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES VANS SA, 5.2 km away at 275 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

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. ^[11]

An average of 1,358 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 16 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-PIERRE-ST-JEAN, 1.2 km away at 315 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 275,000 € — 2,833 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 07284/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07284/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07284/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07284/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07050
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07334
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07171
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025