Laroquevieille

Identity

Laroquevieille (INSEE 15095) is in Cantal (15), part of CA du Bassin d'Aurillac. Population 350 (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/15095-laroquevieille

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 18,079 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 357 (2012) → 350 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 350 (2023): -12.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 21 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Marmanhac): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Simon): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Laroquevieille): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARMANHAC weather station, 4.8 km away at 644 m; the village itself is at 687 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 16.9 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 55 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 1,459 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MARMANHAC, 4.8 km away at 644 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 110,908 € — 1,033 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Cantal is 1,059 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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 — 15095/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15095/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15095/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15095/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15118
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15215
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15178
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15095
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025