Largentière
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Largentière (INSEE 07132) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val de Ligne. Population 1,450 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 86 % of the 11,910 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.97 | 20 | 19.46 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.7 | 10 | 7.04 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.23 | 10 | 2.29 |
| Housing mix | 0.59 | 5 | 2.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NADJEM MAHMED). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (CAFE DES RECOLLETS · LA CACOLA · CAMPING LA PRADE · L INATTENDU · LA CALECHE). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LE K6 · LO CASTEL). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CENTRE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA SEGALIERE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE LEIGNADIER, MÉDECIN · SERGE ANDRÉ, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE MILTGEN, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MERLET · PHARMACIE DE LA LIGNE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS AUBESSON · GYMNASE DU COLLEGE LE PORTALLET NOTRE DAME). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (HAIR LOOK). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DE L EAU VIVE). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE JOSSOIN · CAMPING LA PRADE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Collège.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | NADJEM MAHMED | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | CAFE DES RECOLLETS · LA CACOLA · CAMPING LA PRADE · L INATTENDU · LA CALECHE | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LE K6 · LO CASTEL | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE CENTRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE LA SEGALIERE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | SYLVIE LEIGNADIER, MÉDECIN · SERGE ANDRÉ, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE MILTGEN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE MERLET · PHARMACIE DE LA LIGNE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | SALLE OMNISPORTS AUBESSON · GYMNASE DU COLLEGE LE PORTALLET NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 2 | HAIR LOOK | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | DOMAINE DE L EAU VIVE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | DOMAINE DE JOSSOIN · CAMPING LA PRADE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,789 (2012) → 1,450 (2023): -18.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,990 (1990) → 1,450 (2023): -27.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,132, of which 20.6 % second homes and 16 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chassiers): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Largentière): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Largentière): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Largentière): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Largentière): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LANAS SYN weather station, 6.1 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 208 m. [10]
The village sits 57 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LANAS SYN, 6.1 km away at 265 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 57 m above 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 1,235 mm of rain a year, spread over 83 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ROSIERES, 6 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07132/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07132/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07132/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07132/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07058
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07132
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crécy-en-Ponthieu | 80 | 660 km N | 1,376 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port | 64 | 469 km W | 1,479 | 70.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 % |
| La Chartre-sur-le-Loir | 72 | 456 km NW | 1,370 | 56.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 100 % |
| Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole | 48 | 76 km W | 1,385 | 56.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Barbizon | 77 | 453 km N | 1,261 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bellême | 61 | 513 km NW | 1,457 | 56.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 81 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole | 48 | 76 km W | 1,385 | 56.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Barbizon | 77 | 453 km N | 1,261 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chartre-sur-le-Loir | 72 | 456 km NW | 1,370 | 56.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port | 64 | 469 km W | 1,479 | 70.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 29 % |
| Bellême | 61 | 513 km NW | 1,457 | 56.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 81 % |
| Crécy-en-Ponthieu | 80 | 660 km N | 1,376 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · 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 Largentière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saillans | 26 | 74 km E | 1,460 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grignan | 26 | 51 km E | 1,596 | 58.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lalevade-d'Ardèche | 07 | 12 km N | 1,120 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bousquet-d'Orb | 34 | 130 km SW | 1,599 | 58 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cucuron | 84 | 125 km SE | 1,885 | 51.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban | 07 | 40 km NE | 1,465 | 50.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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