Laval-Saint-Roman

Gard · CA du Gard Rhodanien · INSEE 30143

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laval-Saint-Roman (INSEE 30143) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 213 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 16,342 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.51
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MG CAFE). ^[4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	MG CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 127 peak 2012: 230 2023: 213 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 230 (2012) → 213 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 185 (1990) → 213 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 161, of which 32.9 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km EFood shop — 4.9 km EGP — 5.0 km EPharmacy — 8.5 km SE 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 (Aiguèze): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson): 8.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Laval-Saint-Roman): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.7

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST JULIEN DE PEYROLAS weather station, 6.4 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[13]

The village sits 70 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST JULIEN DE PEYROLAS, 6.4 km away at 71 m, over 12 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 70 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST JULIEN DE PEYROLAS, 6.4 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30143/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30143/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30143/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30143/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07268
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30143
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
Caudebronde	11	204 km SW	221	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Rochebrune	05	134 km E	195	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Curnier	26	59 km E	206	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Montchevrel	61	573 km NW	228	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Grézolles	42	179 km N	235	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
La Tombe	77	468 km N	208	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Curnier	26	59 km E	206	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Rochebrune	05	134 km E	195	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Grézolles	42	179 km N	235	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Caudebronde	11	204 km SW	221	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
La Tombe	77	468 km N	208	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Montchevrel	61	573 km NW	228	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Laval-Saint-Roman'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
Beaupuy	32	289 km W	210	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mauressargues	30	47 km SW	188	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ibie	07	23 km N	212	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Victor-Rouzaud	09	273 km SW	210	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Valvignères	07	23 km N	440	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Espalais	82	288 km W	373	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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