Le Lac-d'Issarlès

Ardèche · CC Montagne d'Ardèche · INSEE 07119

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Lac-d'Issarlès (INSEE 07119) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 247 (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/07119-le-lac-d-issarles

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 17,181 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.46
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (GINEYS VIANDES ET SALAISONS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LAVASTRE MYLENE · TAVARES JAIME). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE LAC D ISSARLES AP). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (LAC · CAMPING DU LAC). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LE PANORAMIC · HOTEL RESTAURANT BEAUSEJOUR). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMP MUNICIPAL CAMPING · CAMPING LA PLAINE DE LA LOIRE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	GINEYS VIANDES ET SALAISONS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LAVASTRE MYLENE · TAVARES JAIME	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE LAC D ISSARLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	2	LAC · CAMPING DU LAC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL RESTAURANT LE PANORAMIC · HOTEL RESTAURANT BEAUSEJOUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMP MUNICIPAL CAMPING · CAMPING LA PLAINE DE LA LOIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 253 peak 1982: 290 2023: 247 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 279 (2012) → 247 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 261 (1990) → 247 (2023): -5.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 59.8 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km SGP — 7.3 km WPharmacy — 7.3 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Le Lac-d'Issarlès): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Lac-d'Issarlès): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coucouron): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Coucouron): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Lac-d'Issarlès): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.1

Days at or below 0 °C 126.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 127 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CROS GEORAND weather station, 5.5 km away at 1,021 m; the village itself is at 991 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 9.9 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 249 m above 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 1,168 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAC ISSARLES, 1.2 km away at 1,056 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07119/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07119/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07119/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07119/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07071
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors	26	109 km E	384	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Hures-la-Parade	48	85 km SW	242	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Rocles	07	31 km SE	261	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-et-Saint-Paul	12	130 km SW	282	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Magnat-l'Étrange	23	176 km NW	236	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Fondamente	12	129 km SW	318	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rocles	07	31 km SE	261	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Hures-la-Parade	48	85 km SW	242	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors	26	109 km E	384	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Fondamente	12	129 km SW	318	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-et-Saint-Paul	12	130 km SW	282	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Magnat-l'Étrange	23	176 km NW	236	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Le Lac-d'Issarlès's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rocles	48	25 km SW	249	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès	07	21 km SW	406	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pinols	43	57 km NW	181	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chantepérier	38	151 km E	213	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Moussières	39	220 km NE	174	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Champclause	43	24 km N	201	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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