Vesseaux

Identity

Vesseaux (INSEE 07339) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Bassin d'Aubenas. Population 2,069 (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/07339-vesseaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 59/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 9,378 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL AU BON PAIN D'ANTAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE SABATIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIG DALLE · F.B.C). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DU TAILLE · ENZO PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PEYROU). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERY TEYSSIER, MÉDECIN · AUDE ELISSÉE, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE COSTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VESSEAUX AP). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (EPI'TETE · ART COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES CHENES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,746 (2012) → 2,069 (2023): 18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,065 (1990) → 2,069 (2023): 94.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,123, of which 10.7 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vesseaux): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vesseaux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vesseaux): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aubenas): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vesseaux): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUBENAS SA weather station, 6.2 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 277 m. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AUBENAS SA, 6.2 km away at 176 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

An average of 1,051 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 12.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUBENAS SA, 6.2 km away at 176 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07339/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07339/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07339/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07339/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07339
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07019
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024