Lachamp-Raphaël

Identity

Lachamp-Raphaël (INSEE 07120) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 70 (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/07120-lachamp-raphael

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 7,423 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 (LE MONTIVERNOUX). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (ROUTE 122). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 79 (2012) → 70 (2023): -11.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 115 (1990) → 70 (2023): -39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 105, of which 56.2 % second homes and 1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Marcols-les-Eaux): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Eulalie): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mézilhac): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc): 11.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Martial): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ANTRAIGUES SA weather station, 11.9 km away at 600 m; the village itself is at 1,323 m. ^[13]

The village sits 723 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ANTRAIGUES SA, 11.9 km away at 600 m, over 27 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 723 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,875 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 17.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PEREYRES, 3.6 km away at 952 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07120/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07120/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07120/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07120/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07149
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07235
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07158
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07011
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07267
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024