Lespéron
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lespéron (INSEE 07142) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 330 (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/07142-lesperon
Vitality score
Vitality score 12.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 13 % of the 18,033 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.81 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LESPERON AP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LESPERON AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 317 (2012) → 330 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 239 (1990) → 330 (2023): 38.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 386, of which 50.8 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Langogne): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Langogne): 3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Langogne): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Langogne): 3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Langogne): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ISSANLAS_SAPC weather station, 6.7 km away at 1,264 m; the village itself is at 1,087 m. [9]
The village sits 177 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 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 14.7 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. [9]
That station sits 153 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 1,019 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ISSANLAS_SAPC, 6.7 km away at 1,264 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07142/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07142/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07142/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07142/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48080
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cussy-en-Morvan | 71 | 263 km N | 346 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Larochemillay | 58 | 239 km N | 226 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Colméry | 58 | 295 km N | 268 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lafat | 23 | 252 km NW | 328 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chaudeyrac | 48 | 14 km SW | 291 | 20.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Planchez | 58 | 268 km N | 313 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaudeyrac | 48 | 14 km SW | 291 | 20.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Larochemillay | 58 | 239 km N | 226 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lafat | 23 | 252 km NW | 328 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cussy-en-Morvan | 71 | 263 km N | 346 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Planchez | 58 | 268 km N | 313 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Colméry | 58 | 295 km N | 268 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Lespéron'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 07 | 47 km NE | 243 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cézens | 15 | 87 km W | 218 | 5.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Fage-Saint-Julien | 48 | 56 km W | 303 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aillon-le-Vieux | 73 | 199 km NE | 221 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Devesset | 07 | 54 km NE | 310 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allenc | 48 | 28 km SW | 265 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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