HydroLAKES lake · #170157
Lac de Villerest
Surface area
4km²
Avg depth
34,5m
Volume
138km³
Shoreline
40,6km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LoireAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes · France4.01 km²100.0% of lake
8 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loi1.13 km²
- Cordelle1.03 km²
- Villerest0.69 km²
- Bully0.35 km²
- Dancé0.25 km²
- Commelle-Vernay0.23 km²
- Saint-Priest-la-Roche0.23 km²
- Saint-Paul-de-Vézelin0.11 km²
2 intersecting protected areas
Gorges de la Loire aval
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4.01 km² overlap
Milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de la Loire
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
3.97 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
929 distinct species · 4 747 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Lac de Villerest : 17 espèces + 8 bulles famille, 47 interactions GloBI documentées sur 4 types (connectance 15.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 8 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
4,00km²
Avg depth
34,5m
Volume
138,000km³
Watershed
6 551km²
Shoreline
40,6km
Shore dev. idx
5,73
Residence time
26days
Elevation
315m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.