Chalvignac

Identity

Chalvignac (INSEE 15036) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Mauriac. Population 450 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/15036-chalvignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,963 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL GENSO-BROCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CHEZ MADO). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE AGENCE POSTALE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 446 (2012) → 450 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 525 (1990) → 450 (2023): -14.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 349, of which 23.2 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Soursac): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chalvignac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Soursac): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mauriac): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chalvignac): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAURIAC weather station, 4.3 km away at 674 m; the village itself is at 518 m. ^[11]

The village sits 156 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 4.3 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 156 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,001 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHALVIGNAC, 1.7 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15036/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15036/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15036/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15036/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19264
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15036
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15120
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024