Lachamp-Ribennes

Identity

Lachamp-Ribennes (INSEE 48126) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Randon - Margeride. Population 379 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Lachamp (48078). ^[3]

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/48126-lachamp-ribennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 18,037 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (LE GANIVET). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LAC DE GANIVET). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 346 (2012) → 379 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 382 (1990) → 379 (2023): -0.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 368, of which 29.6 % second homes and 25.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Monts-de-Randon): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Recoules-de-Fumas): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Monts-de-Randon): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Marvejols): 12.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lachamp-Ribennes): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ESTABLES weather station, 11.8 km away at 1,552 m; the village itself is at 1,063 m. ^[13]

The village sits 489 m below 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 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ESTABLES, 11.8 km away at 1,552 m, over 10 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 489 m above 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 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at RIBENNES, 2.1 km away at 1,057 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48126/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48126/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48126/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48126/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48127
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48124
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48092
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48126
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024