Saint-Romain-de-Lerps

Identity

Saint-Romain-de-Lerps (INSEE 07293) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Rhône Crussol. Population 1,034 (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/07293-saint-romain-de-lerps

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 14,107 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ARTISANALE FERATON). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES SAVEURS D'AILLEURS DE LISE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-ROMAIN-DE-LERPS SAINT-ROMAIN-DE-LERPS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BETTY VOUS COIFFE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 781 (2012) → 1,034 (2023): 32.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 477 (1990) → 1,034 (2023): 116.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 468, of which 9.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Romain-de-Lerps): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Roche-de-Glun): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Roche-de-Glun): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Péray): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Romain-de-Lerps): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD weather station, 10.7 km away at 566 m; the village itself is at 616 m. ^[11]

The village sits 50 m above 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 COLOMBIER JEUNE RAD, 10.7 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 50 m below 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 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TOURNON, 8.6 km away at 118 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 — 07293/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07293/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07293/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07293/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07293
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26271
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07281
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024