Labastide-de-Virac

Identity

Labastide-de-Virac (INSEE 07113) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 328 (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/07113-labastide-de-virac

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 66 % of the 17,972 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (AU VIEUX PORCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LABASTIDE DE VIRAC LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MILLE ÉTOILES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 249 (2012) → 328 (2023): 31.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 193 (1990) → 328 (2023): 69.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 313, of which 50.8 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Salavas): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vagnas): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vallon-Pont-d'Arc): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vallon-Pont-d'Arc): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vagnas): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VALLON SA weather station, 4.5 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 252 m. ^[11]

The village sits 132 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VALLON SA, 4.5 km away at 120 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 132 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 991 mm of rain a year, spread over 76 days — about 13 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALLON SA, 4.5 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07113/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07113/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07113/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07113/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07304
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07328
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07330
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024