Chaudes-Aigues

Cantal · CC de Saint-Flour · INSEE 15045

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

Served 67.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chaudes-Aigues (INSEE 15045) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 813 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 67.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 15,551 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	0.71	25	17.74
Social	0.98	20	19.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.23	10	2.32
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MANOIR DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON VIALARD LAURENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BECA'DIFFUSION). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (COSTEROSTE MARINETTE · ETABLISSEMENTS BATIFOL · RENDEZ-VOUS DES PECHEURS · MAS-VIEIRA · COIN D'AUBRAC). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE REMONTALOU · LE GRAVIER). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEUR). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD FREGEAC, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LOUIS SALVAGNAC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES THERMES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LA SOURCE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE CENTRE DE REMISE EN FORME). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (PECHIER GHISLAINE · LE SALON DE STEPH). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

4 × Hotel (HOTEL BEAUSEJOUR · BRIT HOTEL DU BAN · SODADE · HOTEL DE LA MAIRIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU COUFFOUR). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE MANOIR DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON VIALARD LAURENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BECA'DIFFUSION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	9	COSTEROSTE MARINETTE · ETABLISSEMENTS BATIFOL · RENDEZ-VOUS DES PECHEURS · MAS-VIEIRA · COIN D'AUBRAC	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE REMONTALOU · LE GRAVIER	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BERNARD FREGEAC, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LOUIS SALVAGNAC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES THERMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE CENTRE DE REMISE EN FORME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	PECHIER GHISLAINE · LE SALON DE STEPH	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	4	HOTEL BEAUSEJOUR · BRIT HOTEL DU BAN · SODADE · HOTEL DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU COUFFOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,114 peak 1975: 1,187 2023: 813 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 927 (2012) → 813 (2023): -12.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,110 (1990) → 813 (2023): -26.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 863, of which 43.1 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km S 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 (Chaudes-Aigues): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Chaudes-Aigues): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaudes-Aigues): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chaudes-Aigues): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chaudes-Aigues): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.2

Days at or below 0 °C 65.8

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DEUX-VERGES weather station, 6 km away at 1,080 m; the village itself is at 754 m. ^[10]

The village sits 326 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DEUX-VERGES, 6 km away at 1,080 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 326 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 984 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DEUX-VERGES, 6 km away at 1,080 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 — 15045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/59c0c5b3-a6cb-3d69-9dd1-217fb5d43483— “Marché traditionnel de Chaudes-Aigues”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15045
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
La Chapelle-en-Vercors	26	190 km E	797	70.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Meyrueis	48	82 km SE	770	72	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montpezat-sous-Bauzon	07	96 km E	770	68.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Anost	71	261 km N	695	66.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Peyrelevade	19	121 km NW	824	67.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Lourmarin	84	224 km SE	1,020	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Meyrueis	48	82 km SE	770	72	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montpezat-sous-Bauzon	07	96 km E	770	68.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrelevade	19	121 km NW	824	67.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-en-Vercors	26	190 km E	797	70.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Lourmarin	84	224 km SE	1,020	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Anost	71	261 km N	695	66.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Chaudes-Aigues'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
Meyrueis	48	82 km SE	770	72	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Salles-Curan	12	77 km S	1,043	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	56 km NE	839	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sornac	19	110 km NW	776	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Amans-des-Cots	12	33 km SW	709	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	239 km NE	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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