Lagorce

Identity

Lagorce (INSEE 07126) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 1,257 (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/07126-lagorce

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 12,952 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE MARIE · LA PETITE EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LA PAILLOTTE · LES AGAVES · PIZZ'A MAMA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LES TILLEULS). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LAGORCE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE COMMUNALE). ^[3]

6 × Campsite (CAMPING LES SILHOLS - MME MAZELLIER FR · CAMPING DOMAINE DE CHADEYRON · PRL DOMAINE DE SEVENIER · CAMPING IBIE · CAMPING L'OMBRAGE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 1,081 (2012) → 1,257 (2023): 16.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 706 (1990) → 1,257 (2023): 78 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 953, of which 35 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vallon-Pont-d'Arc): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vallon-Pont-d'Arc): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vallon-Pont-d'Arc): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vallon-Pont-d'Arc): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lagorce): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALLON SA weather station, 6.2 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[10]

The village sits 65 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 VALLON SA, 6.2 km away at 120 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 65 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 991 mm of rain a year, spread over 76 days — about 13 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALLON SA, 6.2 km away at 120 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 — 07126/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07126/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07126/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07126/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07330
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07126
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024