Cheylade

Identity

Cheylade (INSEE 15049) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays Gentiane. Population 230 (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/15049-cheylade

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 16,802 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU LAC DES CASCADES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (RELAIS LECTURE MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (GRAND HOTEL DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA BIAUGUE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 246 (2012) → 230 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 230 (2023): -36.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 54.1 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cheylade): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dienne): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Riom-ès-Montagnes): 8.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Marcenat): 14.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 92 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE CLAUX weather station, 4.1 km away at 1,033 m; the village itself is at 968 m. ^[12]

The village sits 65 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MARCENAT, 13.8 km away at 1,075 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 107 m above 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 1,512 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE CLAUX, 4.1 km away at 1,033 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15049/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15049/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15049/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15049/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15049
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15061
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15162
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15114
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024