Le Claux

Cantal · CC du Pays Gentiane · INSEE 15050

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

No daily shops 14.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Claux (INSEE 15050) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays Gentiane. Population 160 (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/15050-le-claux

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 14,595 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.05	10	0.46
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE LASCOURT · SAS CANAL - CHALET DU PUY MARY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE APC LE CLAUX). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU CLAUX). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	LE RELAIS DE LASCOURT · SAS CANAL - CHALET DU PUY MARY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LE CLAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE APC LE CLAUX	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU CLAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 405 2023: 160 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 205 (2012) → 160 (2023): -22 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 293 (1990) → 160 (2023): -45.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 288, of which 64.9 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 3.4 km SEPrimary school — 5.6 km NFood shop — 6.4 km EGP — 9.3 km SPharmacy — 13.8 km SE 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 (Lavigerie): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dienne): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laveissière): 9.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Murat): 13.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cheylade): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 103.9▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LE CLAUX weather station, 1.5 km away at 1,033 m; the village itself is at 1,035 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LE LIORAN_SAPC, 9.4 km away at 1,236 m, over 14 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 201 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,512 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LE CLAUX, 1.5 km away at 1,033 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15049
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
Malbosc	07	141 km SE	146	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs	03	131 km NE	146	17.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Salettes	43	104 km E	156	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Château	23	105 km NW	150	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes	06	340 km E	138	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 11 % · humidity 100 %
Les Laubies	48	78 km SE	151	8.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Laubies	48	78 km SE	151	8.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Salettes	43	104 km E	156	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Château	23	105 km NW	150	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs	03	131 km NE	146	17.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Malbosc	07	141 km SE	146	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes	06	340 km E	138	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 11 % · 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 Le Claux'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
Lachapelle-Graillouse	07	111 km E	182	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Féniers	23	80 km NW	111	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Borée	07	124 km E	135	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lanarce	07	113 km SE	212	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaulme	63	103 km E	118	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ségur-les-Villas	15	11 km NE	215	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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