Larnage

Identity

Larnage (INSEE 26156) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Arche Agglo. Population 1,009 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/26156-larnage

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 14,279 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) (LES MICHES DE FLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE COMPTOIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'APARTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE LARNAGE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LARNAGE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE LARNAGE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (GENERALE DE BEAUTE · AURELIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,024 (2012) → 1,009 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 663 (1990) → 1,009 (2023): 52.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 468, of which 3 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Larnage): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tain-l'Hermitage): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercurol-Veaunes): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tain-l'Hermitage): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Larnage): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GERVANS weather station, 3.2 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MERCUROL, 4.6 km away at 153 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 54 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 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GERVANS, 3.2 km away at 157 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 — 26156/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26156/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26156/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26156/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26156
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26347
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26179
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024