Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle (INSEE 07262) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 183 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Laval-d'Aurelle (07135). [3]
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 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 15,401 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.84 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MALCLES FLORINE). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT L'AIGLON). [4,5]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERMAN HEIJERMANS, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST LAURENT LES BAINS-LAVAL D AUR AP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL SAS LE CEYTROU). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | MALCLES FLORINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | RESTAURANT L'AIGLON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | HERMAN HEIJERMANS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ST LAURENT LES BAINS-LAVAL D AUR AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL SAS LE CEYTROU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 189 (2012) → 183 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 186 (1990) → 183 (2023): -1.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 71.3 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès): 5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (La Bastide-Puylaurent): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST-ETIENNE LUGDARES weather station, 5.3 km away at 1,022 m; the village itself is at 843 m. [12]
The village sits 179 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at SABLIERES OARA, 11.5 km away at 540 m, over 29 summers. [12]
That station sits 303 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,428 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT BAIN, 4.3 km away at 803 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 95,000 € — 1,267 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07262/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07262/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07262/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07262/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07232
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07262
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48021
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dourbies | 30 | 73 km SW | 177 | 24 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Île-Molène | 29 | 802 km NW | 176 | 33.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quérigut | 09 | 260 km SW | 139 | 35.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 % |
| Valdoule | 05 | 123 km E | 204 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Salettes | 43 | 29 km N | 156 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Claux | 15 | 117 km NW | 160 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salettes | 43 | 29 km N | 156 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dourbies | 30 | 73 km SW | 177 | 24 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Claux | 15 | 117 km NW | 160 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valdoule | 05 | 123 km E | 204 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quérigut | 09 | 260 km SW | 139 | 35.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 % |
| Île-Molène | 29 | 802 km NW | 176 | 33.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · 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 Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleyras | 43 | 41 km NW | 152 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Amandin | 15 | 130 km NW | 225 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Préjet-d'Allier | 43 | 44 km NW | 159 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Azet | 65 | 353 km SW | 148 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Port | 09 | 285 km SW | 169 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pellafol | 38 | 155 km E | 136 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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