Barre-des-Cévennes

Identity

Barre-des-Cévennes (INSEE 48019) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Gorges Causses Cévennes. Population 200 (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/48019-barre-des-cevennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 15,961 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (A.I.G). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PETITE BELETTE · AL DOS CORCES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (G TES D'ETAPE-CAMPING-COMBES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 206 (2012) → 200 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 187 (1990) → 200 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 273, of which 52.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Pompidou): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barre-des-Cévennes): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Florac Trois Rivières): 10.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Florac Trois Rivières): 10.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Barre-des-Cévennes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BASSURELS weather station, 5.7 km away at 1,042 m; the village itself is at 940 m. ^[11]

The village sits 102 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BASSURELS, 5.7 km away at 1,042 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 102 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,417 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BARRE-DES-CEVENNES, 0.7 km away at 897 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48019/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48019/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48019/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48019/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48115
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48019
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48061
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024