Lentillères

Identity

Lentillères (INSEE 07141) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC du Bassin d'Aubenas. Population 236 (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/07141-lentilleres

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 16,921 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE STEPH). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 228 (2012) → 236 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 236 (2023): 56.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 29 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lentillères): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prades): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lalevade-d'Ardèche): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lalevade-d'Ardèche): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lentillères): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CROIX MILLET weather station, 5.8 km away at 779 m; the village itself is at 496 m. ^[11]

The village sits 283 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CROIX MILLET, 5.8 km away at 779 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 283 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 1,597 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 17.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CROIX MILLET, 5.8 km away at 779 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 — 07141/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07141/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07141/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07141/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07141
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07182
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07127
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024