Lalouvesc

Ardèche · CC du Val d'Ay · INSEE 07128

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

Partly served 50.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lalouvesc (INSEE 07128) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Val d'Ay. Population 388 (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/07128-lalouvesc

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 17,996 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.25	10	2.55
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 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) (AU PAVE DE SAINT REGIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE JESUS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LE PIZZAIOLO · CAFE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER CHIEZE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Cinema (LE FOYER). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE VIVARAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PRE DU MOULIN). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PAVE DE SAINT REGIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE JESUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE PIZZAIOLO · CAFE DU LAC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DIDIER CHIEZE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LALOUVESC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE FOYER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE VIVARAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PRE DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 559 2023: 388 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 404 (2012) → 388 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 514 (1990) → 388 (2023): -24.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 497, of which 59 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.3 km NE 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 (Lalouvesc): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalouvesc): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lalouvesc): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Satillieu): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lalouvesc): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 94.4▸

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LALOUVESC weather station, 0.2 km away at 1,090 m; the village itself is at 1,084 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ROCHEPAULE SA, 7.7 km away at 1,055 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,061 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LALOUVESC, 0.2 km away at 1,090 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 — 07128/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07128/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07128/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07128/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07309
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
Eugénie-les-Bains	40	421 km W	498	52	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 11 % · humidity 0 %
Montbrun-les-Bains	26	127 km SE	442	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano	2A	528 km SE	363	64.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Colmars	04	196 km SE	583	72.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Corps	38	116 km E	421	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Firmin	05	124 km E	468	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corps	38	116 km E	421	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Firmin	05	124 km E	468	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Montbrun-les-Bains	26	127 km SE	442	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Colmars	04	196 km SE	583	72.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Eugénie-les-Bains	40	421 km W	498	52	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 11 % · humidity 0 %
Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano	2A	528 km SE	363	64.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Lalouvesc'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
Err	66	359 km SW	716	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Flumet	73	173 km NE	799	68.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Latour-de-Carol	66	364 km SW	480	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Fay-sur-Lignon	43	28 km SW	335	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance	48	75 km SW	532	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Aillon-le-Jeune	73	133 km NE	430	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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