Laurac-en-Vivarais

Ardèche · CC Val de Ligne · INSEE 07134

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

Partly served 48.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laurac-en-Vivarais (INSEE 07134) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Val de Ligne. Population 1,045 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 48.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 81 % of the 14,081 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.82	10	8.24
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LA P'TITE BOULANGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE GONFLEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCK BACCONNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LAURAC EN VIVARAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LAURAC EN VIVARAIS AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA P'TITE BOULANGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SASU FRIAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	L'AUBERGE GONFLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FRANCK BACCONNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LAURAC EN VIVARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LAURAC EN VIVARAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES CHATAIGNIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 802 2023: 1,045 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 936 (2012) → 1,045 (2023): 11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 789 (1990) → 1,045 (2023): 32.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 692, of which 16.6 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Laurac-en-Vivarais): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laurac-en-Vivarais): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laurac-en-Vivarais): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Laurac-en-Vivarais): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Laurac-en-Vivarais): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the JOYEUSE weather station, 5.8 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 194 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LABLACHERE DROME, 6.9 km away at 265 m, over 14 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 71 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 1,235 mm of rain a year, spread over 83 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ROSIERES, 3.3 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07134
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
Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux	07	42 km NE	1,031	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Tournon-Saint-Martin	36	359 km NW	1,112	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Hambye	50	650 km NW	1,072	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Bellenaves	03	211 km NW	983	65.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Bastide-de-Sérou	09	284 km SW	965	71.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Catus	46	234 km W	921	71.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux	07	42 km NE	1,031	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bellenaves	03	211 km NW	983	65.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Catus	46	234 km W	921	71.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
La Bastide-de-Sérou	09	284 km SW	965	71.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Tournon-Saint-Martin	36	359 km NW	1,112	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Hambye	50	650 km NW	1,072	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · 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 Laurac-en-Vivarais'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
Villecomtal	12	137 km W	430	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Méounes-lès-Montrieux	83	192 km SE	2,277	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-de-Pertuis	84	141 km SE	1,130	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Vauvenargues	13	149 km SE	1,058	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Grambois	84	133 km SE	1,234	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lombers	81	188 km SW	1,080	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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