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.
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.
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]