Ferrières-Saint-Mary

Identity

Ferrières-Saint-Mary (INSEE 15069) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 235 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15069-ferrieres-saint-mary

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % 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.

Services

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

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FERRIERES ST MARY AP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES VIGEAIRES). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 253 (2012) → 235 (2023): -7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 235 (2023): -41.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 31.9 % second homes and 17.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Molompize): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ferrières-Saint-Mary): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neussargues-Moissac): 9.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Neussargues-Moissac): 9.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Talizat): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TALIZAT weather station, 7.9 km away at 975 m; the village itself is at 665 m. ^[12]

The village sits 310 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 COLTINES, 13.2 km away at 979 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 314 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 815 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FERRIERES.ST.MA, 0.2 km away at 694 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 44,000 € — 579 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Cantal is 1,059 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15069/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15069/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15069/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15069/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15127
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15069
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15141
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15231
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025