Ally

Cantal · CC du Pays de Salers · INSEE 15003

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ally (INSEE 15003) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 594 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15003-ally

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,116 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.35	10	3.51
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LAPLEAU MERCIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE POSTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GERARD DELPRAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ALLY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE-RELAIS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LAPLEAU MERCIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE RELAIS DE POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GERARD DELPRAT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ALLY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE-RELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 997 2023: 594 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 643 (2012) → 594 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 698 (1990) → 594 (2023): -14.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 459, of which 27.5 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 5.1 km N 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 (Ally): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mauriac): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ally): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mauriac): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ally): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13

Days at or below 0 °C 60.6

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAURIAC-MOULIN weather station, 5 km away at 730 m; the village itself is at 718 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 5.7 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,366 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAURIAC-MOULIN, 5 km away at 730 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15120
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
Noyant-d'Allier	03	158 km NE	602	40.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Servières-le-Château	19	24 km W	563	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Lampon	24	83 km SW	660	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Coursegoules	06	405 km E	564	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Verteillac	24	154 km W	547	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine	63	112 km NE	534	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Servières-le-Château	19	24 km W	563	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-de-Lampon	24	83 km SW	660	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine	63	112 km NE	534	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Verteillac	24	154 km W	547	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Noyant-d'Allier	03	158 km NE	602	40.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Coursegoules	06	405 km E	564	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Ally'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
Servières-le-Château	19	24 km W	563	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Petite-Pierre	67	558 km NE	586	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Masseret	19	74 km NW	678	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Damvillers	55	519 km NE	613	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Veaugues	18	234 km N	593	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	471 km NE	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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