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Lanas

Ardèche · CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche · INSEE 07131

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lanas (INSEE 07131) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC des Gorges de l'Ardèche. Population 429 (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/07131-lanas

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,956 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.4652.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LES VOUTES - CHAMBRES D'HOTES ET RESTAURAN · LE PELICAN). [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (JANO). [3,4]

1 × Hotel. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'ARCHE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

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, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2AUBERGE LES VOUTES - CHAMBRES D'HOTES ET RESTAURAN · LE PELICANINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1JANOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DE L'ARCHEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 217 peak 2017: 430 2023: 429 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 374 (2012) → 429 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 273 (1990) → 429 (2023): 57.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 26.8 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.4 km NE (Vogüé)Food shop — 1.4 km NE (Vogüé)GP — 1.5 km NE (Vogüé)Pharmacy — 1.5 km NE (Vogüé)Primary school — 1.8 km NE (Vogüé)
Bakery — 1.4 km NEFood shop — 1.4 km NEGP — 1.5 km NEPharmacy — 1.5 km NEPrimary school — 1.8 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 (Vogüé): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vogüé): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Vogüé): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vogüé): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vogüé): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LANAS SYN weather station, 2.5 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 153 m. [9]

The village sits 112 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at LANAS SYN, 2.5 km away at 265 m, over 29 summers. [9]

That station sits 112 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 1,056 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at LANAS SYN, 2.5 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07131/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07131/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07131/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07131/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07348
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-André-d'Hébertot14617 km NW45121.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Croix-aux-Mines88458 km NE44813.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Mooslargue68397 km NE40121.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Bordezac3035 km SW38717.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Laviers80653 km N46517.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Campagne24274 km W41626.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bordezac3035 km SW38717.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Campagne24274 km W41626.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Mooslargue68397 km NE40121.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
La Croix-aux-Mines88458 km NE44813.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-d'Hébertot14617 km NW45121.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Grand-Laviers80653 km N46517.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · 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 Lanas'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Beaucet8484 km SE39731.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Clansayes2637 km SE51720.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche071.1 km S37528.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chauzon075.8 km SW42230.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Salelles0726 km SW41412.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Privat34116 km SW46130.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %