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Lafeuillade-en-Vézie

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15090

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

Partly served 58.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lafeuillade-en-Vézie (INSEE 15090) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 583 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15090-lafeuillade-en-vezie

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,232 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.632515.8
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.86108.56
Housing mix0.7753.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COUBETERGUES DAVID). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL GUIBERT \ CHARCUTERIE ET VIANDE EN CHATAIGNERAIE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (C.JUST.E). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE PETIT GUEULETON VEZITIEN). [4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LAFEUILLADE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (CHRISTINE COIFFURE · L'INSTANT POUR SOI). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1COUBETERGUES DAVIDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1SARL GUIBERT \ CHARCUTERIE ET VIANDE EN CHATAIGNERAIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1C.JUST.EINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar2LE PETIT GUEULETON VEZITIENINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE LAFEUILLADEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1RELAIS-LECTUREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3CHRISTINE COIFFURE · L'INSTANT POUR SOIINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Monthly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. See the source for which week of the month. [5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 457 peak 2017: 595 2023: 583 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 583 (2012) → 583 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 430 (1990) → 583 (2023): 35.6 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 11.5 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.1 km SW (Lacapelle-del-Fraisse)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.1 km SW 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 (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

GP (Lacapelle-del-Fraisse): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the SENEZERGUES weather station, 9.7 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 758 m. [12]

The village sits 228 m above 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 AURILLAC, 11.9 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 126 m below 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 1,146 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at SENEZERGUES, 9.7 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5,6]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15090/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5f22cb05-4d4c-383f-8afe-4e829855c1b7— “Et chaque mois, le 2e dimanche, marché du pays Vézien : avec une vingtaine de producteurs du Cantal, Lot et Aveyron (essentiellement produits alimentaires).”(unverified)
  6. DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/984f08bb-24ce-3104-bc75-75bb8f94ec9e— “Le 2e dimanche de chaque mois à Lafeuillade-en-Vézie, le marché du Pays vézien vous invite à rencontrer jusqu'à 'une vingtaine d’exposants, produits alimentaires et artisanaux venus du Cantal et de l'Aveyron.”(unverified)
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15090/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15090/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15090/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15090
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15087
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montembœuf16185 km NW65457.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Mézel04310 km E61166.1ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Carrouges61465 km NW62364.2ServedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Simorre32203 km SW68849.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Salles-sur-l'Hers11175 km S77066.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Jean-de-Daye50564 km NW65661ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Salles-sur-l'Hers11175 km S77066.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 %
Montembœuf16185 km NW65457.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Simorre32203 km SW68849.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Mézel04310 km E61166.1ServedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Carrouges61465 km NW62364.2ServedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Jean-de-Daye50564 km NW65661ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · 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 Lafeuillade-en-Vézie'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuvy-Sautour89376 km N87355.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais71214 km NE50355.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Genouillac23178 km N72163.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Challonges74297 km NE61041.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Piat28423 km N1,12041.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Veaugues18275 km N59341.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %