Chaussenac

Cantal · CC du Pays de Salers · INSEE 15046

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 16/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chaussenac (INSEE 15046) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 218 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 16/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 16,490 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.42
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR DE CHAUSSENAC). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE COMPTOIR DE CHAUSSENAC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHAUSSENAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 438 2023: 218 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 232 (2012) → 218 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 259 (1990) → 218 (2023): -15.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 43 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.9 km EPrimary school — 3.2 km EGP — 3.3 km EFood shop — 5.9 km SWPharmacy — 6.2 km NE 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): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pleaux): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ally): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mauriac): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ally): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62.1

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAURIAC weather station, 5.1 km away at 674 m; the village itself is at 682 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 5.1 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,146 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAURIAC, 5.1 km away at 674 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15153
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
Mhère	58	256 km NE	226	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrusse-le-Roc	12	76 km S	197	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Auriac	19	11 km W	216	23.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Montferrer	66	305 km S	218	5.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Tazilly	58	217 km NE	180	15.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Montgesty	46	102 km SW	319	20	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Auriac	19	11 km W	216	23.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Peyrusse-le-Roc	12	76 km S	197	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Montgesty	46	102 km SW	319	20	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Tazilly	58	217 km NE	180	15.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Mhère	58	256 km NE	226	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montferrer	66	305 km S	218	5.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · 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 Chaussenac'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
Mhère	58	256 km NE	226	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montferrer	66	305 km S	218	5.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Olmet	63	123 km NE	192	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers	15	14 km E	246	6.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cheissoux	87	88 km NW	231	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Larodde	63	44 km NE	296	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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