Lanarce

Identity

Lanarce (INSEE 07130) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 212 (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/07130-lanarce

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,349 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]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOCIETE HERVE COUDENE · LA TABLE DU PAGEL · LABORATOIRE SALAISONS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MAMAMIA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE PEYREBEILLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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 158 (2012) → 212 (2023): 34.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 248 (1990) → 212 (2023): -14.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 49.2 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Coucouron): 8.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lanarce): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coucouron): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Coucouron): 8.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 105 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ISSANLAS_SAPC weather station, 3.7 km away at 1,264 m; the village itself is at 1,181 m. ^[11]

The village sits 83 m below 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 6.5 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 59 m above 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 1,019 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ISSANLAS_SAPC, 3.7 km away at 1,264 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07130/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07130/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07130/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07130/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07071
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07130
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07224
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024