Coltines

Cantal · CC de Saint-Flour · INSEE 15053

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

Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coltines (INSEE 15053) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 427 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,967 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.93
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	COLTINES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 312 peak 2017: 454 2023: 427 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 450 (2012) → 427 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 358 (1990) → 427 (2023): 19.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 273, of which 25.6 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NBakery — 3.9 km NGP — 4.0 km NPharmacy — 4.0 km N 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 (Neussargues-Moissac): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neussargues-Moissac): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Neussargues-Moissac): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neussargues-Moissac): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Coltines): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.6

Days at or below 0 °C 127.1▸

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 127 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COLTINES weather station, 1.9 km away at 979 m; the village itself is at 959 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at COLTINES, 1.9 km away at 979 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 716 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COLTINES, 1.9 km away at 979 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 — 15053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15053
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
Vitry-sur-Loire	71	185 km N	428	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Vaulry	87	181 km NW	394	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Chalivoy-Milon	18	198 km N	388	16.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle	36	253 km N	355	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-d'Ordon	89	326 km N	419	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marc-à-Frongier	23	115 km NW	428	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Marc-à-Frongier	23	115 km NW	428	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Vaulry	87	181 km NW	394	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Vitry-sur-Loire	71	185 km N	428	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Chalivoy-Milon	18	198 km N	388	16.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle	36	253 km N	355	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-d'Ordon	89	326 km N	419	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Coltines'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
Verrières-de-Joux	25	334 km NE	464	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur	05	252 km E	382	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Table	73	253 km E	445	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bellefontaine	39	289 km NE	494	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Boujailles	25	311 km NE	461	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cholonge	38	221 km E	339	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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