Lugarde

Identity

Lugarde (INSEE 15110) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays Gentiane. Population 117 (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/15110-lugarde

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 11,932 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]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LUGARDE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES HAIRS DE JULLY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 159 (2012) → 117 (2023): -26.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 219 (1990) → 117 (2023): -46.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 43.8 % second homes and 19.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Condat): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Condat): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Condat): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marcenat): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lugarde): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARCENAT weather station, 5.9 km away at 1,075 m; the village itself is at 1,014 m. ^[11]

The village sits 61 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 MARCENAT, 5.9 km away at 1,075 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 61 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 1,162 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARCENAT, 5.9 km away at 1,075 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15110/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15110/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15110/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15110/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15054
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15114
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15110
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024