Lavillatte Explained

Lavillatte
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Largentière
Canton:Haute-Ardèche
Insee:07137
Postal Code:07660
Mayor:Marylaine Mercier[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:44.745°N 3.9533°W
Elevation M:1140
Elevation Min M:1060
Elevation Max M:1405
Area Km2:18.6

Lavillatte (pronounced as /fr/; oc|La Vilata) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. It is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Inhabitants are known as Viallatins and Viallatines.

Geography

Location and description

Lavillatte is 15 kilometers from Langogne, 40 kilometers from Le Puy-en-Velay, and 50 kilometeres from Aubenas. It is included in the canton of Coucouron, the Arrondissement of Largentière, and the department of Ardèche. The municipality has 1,860 hectares, including 660 hectares of forest.

Bordering communes

Climate

In 2010, the French National Centre for Scientific Research concluded that the commune had a mountain climate.[2] Météo-France's 2020 typology of French climates concluded that Lavillatte is exposesd to a mountain or mountain margin climate, and is situated in the South East of Massif Central climatic region. This region is characterized by annual rainfall of 1,000 to 1,500 mm, minimal in the summer and heaviest in the fall.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
  2. Joly . Daniel . Brossard . Thierry . Cardot . Hervé . Cavailhes . Jean . Hilal . Mohamed . Wavresky . Pierre . 2010-06-18 . Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale . Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography . fr . 10.4000/cybergeo.23155 . 1278-3366. free .
  3. Web site: Zonages climatiques en France métropolitaine . pluiesextremes.meteo.fr.