Cayrols

Identity

Cayrols (INSEE 15030) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 297 (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/15030-cayrols

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,836 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (KRUA THAI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 285 (2012) → 297 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 226 (1990) → 297 (2023): 31.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 173, of which 16.2 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Parlan): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Rouget-Pers): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Rouget-Pers): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cayrols): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAURS weather station, 12 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 574 m. ^[12]

The village sits 94 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MAURS, 12 km away at 480 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 94 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,251 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST MAMET, 6.8 km away at 740 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

13 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 123,800 € — 849 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Cantal is 1,059 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15030/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15030/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15030/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15030/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15147
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15268
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15196
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15030
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025