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Lussas

Ardèche · CC Berg et Coiron · INSEE 07145

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

Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lussas (INSEE 07145) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Berg et Coiron. Population 1,145 (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/07145-lussas

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 13,534 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7953.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 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) (BOULANGERIE ALONSO). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (VIDALOT BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAIT). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AU PETIT MOULIN · LE KILANA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE LAINE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LUSSAS AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (SALON ACCROCHE-COEUR · SUBLIME COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (LUDO CAMPING). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE ALONSOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1VIDALOT BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2AU PETIT MOULIN · LE KILANAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1PHILIPPE LAINE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LUSSAS APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2SALON ACCROCHE-COEUR · SUBLIME COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1LUDO CAMPINGINSEE 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: 561 peak 2017: 1,159 2023: 1,145 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,067 (2012) → 1,145 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 624 (1990) → 1,145 (2023): 83.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 674, of which 10.7 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.7 km NE (Lussas)Pharmacy — 4.8 km S (Lavilledieu)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.7 km NEPharmacy — 4.8 km S 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 (Lussas): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lussas): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Lussas): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Lavilledieu): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Lussas): 0.1 km to the 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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MIRABEL SA weather station, 3.9 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 291 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MIRABEL SA, 3.9 km away at 275 m, over 12 summers. [10]

An average of 984 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MIRABEL SA, 3.9 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07145/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07145/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07145/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07145/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07145
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07138
  10. 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
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil37449 km NW1,11643.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Plouray56719 km NW1,06043.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vulbas01151 km NE1,24752.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Cheffes49509 km NW1,04447.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chapdes-Beaufort63190 km NW1,14041.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Celle-Lévescault86390 km NW1,38345.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Vulbas01151 km NE1,24752.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Chapdes-Beaufort63190 km NW1,14041.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Celle-Lévescault86390 km NW1,38345.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil37449 km NW1,11643.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cheffes49509 km NW1,04447.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plouray56719 km NW1,06043.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Lussas'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
Chaveyriat01182 km N1,07840.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Andancette2675 km N1,33047.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Puylaroque82231 km W71953.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Vauvenargues13148 km SE1,05847.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Técou81218 km W1,10335.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chanos-Curson2661 km NE1,19639.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %