Lavigerie

Identity

Lavigerie (INSEE 15102) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 116 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15102-lavigerie

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 11,868 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ALTA TERRA · AUBERGE DES MARMOTTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE D'AIJEAN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 105 (2012) → 116 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 116 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 47 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lavigerie): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dienne): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laveissière): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Murat): 9.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Dienne): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE CLAUX weather station, 4.8 km away at 1,033 m; the village itself is at 1,106 m. ^[12]

The village sits 73 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 LE LIORAN_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 1,236 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 130 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 1,358 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DIENNE, 3.8 km away at 1,073 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15102/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15102/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15102/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15102/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15102
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15061
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15101
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15138
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024