Malbo

Identity

Malbo (INSEE 15112) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 90 (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/15112-malbo

Vitality score

Vitality score 2.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 9,584 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 115 (2012) → 90 (2023): -21.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 148 (1990) → 90 (2023): -39.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 35.8 % second homes and 19.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lacapelle-Barrès): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thiézac): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thiézac): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Thiézac): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pierrefort): 8.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRAT DE BOUC weather station, 9.2 km away at 1,405 m; the village itself is at 1,114 m. ^[11]

The village sits 291 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, 11.9 km away at 1,236 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 122 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, 0.6 km away at 1,200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 85,500 € — 767 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Cantal is 1,059 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 15112/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15112/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15112/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15112/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15086
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15236
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15152
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025