Lens-Lestang
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lens-Lestang (INSEE 26162) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 884 (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/26162-lens-lestang
Vitality score
Vitality score 48.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 15,078 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.91 | 10 | 9.05 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.46 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE L'ARTIS'ANNE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (GLADSHEIM). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES VOYAGEURS). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE LENS LESTANG). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LENS LESTANG AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE LENS-LESTANG). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON POUR TOUS). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SARL DEFI). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE L'ARTIS'ANNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | GLADSHEIM | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DES VOYAGEURS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE LENS LESTANG | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | LENS LESTANG AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE LENS-LESTANG | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | MAISON POUR TOUS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | SARL DEFI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 829 (2012) → 884 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 629 (1990) → 884 (2023): 40.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 499, of which 5.4 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lens-Lestang): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Marcollin): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Hauterives): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Beaurepaire): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Lens-Lestang): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST-CHRISTOPHE-L_SAPC weather station, 7.3 km away at 452 m; the village itself is at 306 m. [12]
The village sits 146 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 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ST-SORLIN-EN-VA, 9 km away at 237 m, over 24 summers. [12]
That station sits 69 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 982 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST-CHRISTOPHE-L_SAPC, 7.3 km away at 452 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26162/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26162/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26162/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26162/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26162
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38219
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26148
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38034
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civray | 18 | 289 km NW | 926 | 42.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Langolen | 29 | 749 km NW | 836 | 46.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Juvardeil | 49 | 499 km NW | 833 | 44.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Selle-Craonnaise | 53 | 545 km NW | 895 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 76 % |
| Cour-et-Buis | 38 | 17 km N | 920 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moussoulens | 11 | 316 km SW | 956 | 49.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cour-et-Buis | 38 | 17 km N | 920 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Civray | 18 | 289 km NW | 926 | 42.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Moussoulens | 11 | 316 km SW | 956 | 49.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 % |
| Juvardeil | 49 | 499 km NW | 833 | 44.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Selle-Craonnaise | 53 | 545 km NW | 895 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 76 % |
| Langolen | 29 | 749 km NW | 836 | 46.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · 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 Lens-Lestang'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cour-et-Buis | 38 | 17 km N | 920 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Vanneau-Irleau | 79 | 454 km W | 860 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pouligny-Saint-Pierre | 36 | 346 km NW | 1,023 | 30.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Genac-Bignac | 16 | 395 km W | 974 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chamelet | 69 | 87 km NW | 706 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mariol | 03 | 145 km NW | 679 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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