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Lavillatte

Ardèche · CC Montagne d'Ardèche · INSEE 07137

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

No daily shops 7.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavillatte (INSEE 07137) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 44 (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/07137-lavillatte

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 3,975 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0100
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (CAMPING DU MOULIN DU RAYOL). [4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MOULIN DU RAYOL). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1CAMPING DU MOULIN DU RAYOLINSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LE MOULIN DU RAYOLINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 134 2023: 44 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 78 (2012) → 44 (2023): -43.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 98 (1990) → 44 (2023): -55.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 65, of which 53.8 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.5 km SE (Lanarce)Bakery — 6.0 km NW (Pradelles)Primary school — 6.1 km NW (Pradelles)Pharmacy — 6.1 km NW (Pradelles)GP — 6.5 km N (Coucouron)
Food shop — 4.5 km SEBakery — 6.0 km NWPrimary school — 6.1 km NWPharmacy — 6.1 km NWGP — 6.5 km N 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 (Pradelles): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lanarce): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Coucouron): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Pradelles): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pradelles): 6.1 km to the north-west (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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ISSANLAS_SAPC weather station, 2.5 km away at 1,264 m; the village itself is at 1,170 m. [11]

The village sits 94 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, 10.7 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. [11]

That station sits 70 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, 2.5 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 — 07137/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07137/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07137/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07137/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43154
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07130
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07071
  11. 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
Popolasca2B490 km SE4117.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Berbezit4366 km NW457.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Prato-di-Giovellina2B493 km SE5217.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Léoncel26100 km E4610.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Casalta2B509 km SE5119.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 12 % · humidity 64 %
Bilia2A531 km SE5417No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Berbezit4366 km NW457.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Léoncel26100 km E4610.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Popolasca2B490 km SE4117.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Prato-di-Giovellina2B493 km SE5217.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Casalta2B509 km SE5119.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 12 % · humidity 64 %
Bilia2A531 km SE5417No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · 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 Lavillatte'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
Ouides4325 km NW512No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Portet-de-Luchon31351 km SW375.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cazaux-Debat65353 km SW3411.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière6396 km N637.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Montagne70407 km NE378.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Andéol-de-Fourchades0730 km NE521.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %