Lacapelle-Barrès
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 8.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lacapelle-Barrès (INSEE 15086) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 57 (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 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 24 % of the 5,756 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.02 | 10 | 0.18 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX PAINS DES MONTAGNES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LACAPELLE BARRES AP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AUX PAINS DES MONTAGNES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | LACAPELLE BARRES 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 62 (2012) → 57 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 110 (1990) → 57 (2023): -48.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 60, of which 53.3 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lacapelle-Barrès): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Thérondels): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Pierrefort): 9.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Thérondels): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Thérondels): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PRAT DE BOUC weather station, 14.2 km away at 1,405 m; the village itself is at 1,002 m. [11]
The village sits 403 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LE LIORAN_SAPC, 16.4 km away at 1,236 m, over 14 summers. [11]
That station sits 234 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 1,629 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MALBO, 5.6 km away at 1,200 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 — 15086/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15086/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15086/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15086/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12280
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15152
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrano | 2A | 614 km SE | 75 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ménessaire | 21 | 268 km NE | 75 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Novale | 2B | 612 km SE | 57 | 4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 4 % · humidity 21 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 278 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sauveur-en-Diois | 26 | 194 km E | 55 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Michel | 34 | 131 km SE | 60 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel | 34 | 131 km SE | 60 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sauveur-en-Diois | 26 | 194 km E | 55 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ménessaire | 21 | 268 km NE | 75 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 278 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Novale | 2B | 612 km SE | 57 | 4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 4 % · humidity 21 % |
| Corrano | 2A | 614 km SE | 75 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 14 % · 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 Lacapelle-Barrès'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménessaire | 21 | 268 km NE | 75 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chavanac | 19 | 91 km NW | 52 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Espinasse | 15 | 19 km E | 79 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Labessette | 63 | 63 km N | 58 | 0.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bard-le-Régulier | 21 | 275 km NE | 73 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peslières | 63 | 81 km NE | 56 | 5.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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