Dienne

Cantal · CC Hautes Terres · INSEE 15061

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

Few services 35.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dienne (INSEE 15061) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 235 (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 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 16,924 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.15	10	1.55
Housing mix	0.28	5	1.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAS SALERS DE LA SANTOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (JCBF). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU COMMERCE). ^[4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	SAS SALERS DE LA SANTOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	JCBF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU COMMERCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	DIENNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE	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	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: 583 2023: 235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 263 (2012) → 235 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 359 (1990) → 235 (2023): -34.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 35.8 % second homes and 20.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 8.0 km SEGP — 8.3 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): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dienne): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Murat): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Murat): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dienne): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LE CLAUX weather station, 6.4 km away at 1,033 m; the village itself is at 1,062 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE LIORAN_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 1,236 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 174 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,358 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DIENNE, 0.2 km away at 1,073 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 — 15061/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15061/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15061/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15061/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15138
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
Pinols	43	50 km E	181	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sever-du-Moustier	12	154 km S	179	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Magnat-l'Étrange	23	81 km NW	236	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Junhac	15	56 km SW	286	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Aigueperse	69	178 km NE	235	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Cromac	87	175 km NW	249	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pinols	43	50 km E	181	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Junhac	15	56 km SW	286	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Magnat-l'Étrange	23	81 km NW	236	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sever-du-Moustier	12	154 km S	179	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Cromac	87	175 km NW	249	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Aigueperse	69	178 km NE	235	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Dienne'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
Le Buisson	48	69 km SE	221	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cantoin	12	36 km S	312	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lanarce	07	107 km SE	212	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Prinsuéjols-Malbouzon	48	58 km SE	246	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Flayat	23	76 km NW	296	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Haon	43	84 km SE	276	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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