Marcenat

Cantal · CC Hautes Terres · INSEE 15114

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marcenat (INSEE 15114) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 508 (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/15114-marcenat

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,729 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.12	10	1.17
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (HOTEL DE LA POSTE). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CEZALLIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	HOTEL DE LA POSTE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU CEZALLIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MARCENAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,218 2023: 508 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 509 (2012) → 508 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 823 (1990) → 508 (2023): -38.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 504, of which 36.3 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km SEPharmacy — 0.5 km NBakery — 4.2 km NGP — 7.0 km NW 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 (Condat): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcenat): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Condat): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marcenat): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Marcenat): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 107▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARCENAT weather station, 0.6 km away at 1,075 m; the village itself is at 1,064 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARCENAT, 0.6 km away at 1,075 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,162 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARCENAT, 0.6 km away at 1,075 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15114/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15114/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15114/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15114/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15114
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtel-Censoir	89	255 km N	561	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 20 % · humidity 79 %
La Vernarède	30	147 km SE	364	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	222 km N	499	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Pradelles	43	102 km SE	531	61	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Chaon	41	261 km N	435	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 35 %
Estaing	12	85 km S	502	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Estaing	12	85 km S	502	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Pradelles	43	102 km SE	531	61	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
La Vernarède	30	147 km SE	364	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	222 km N	499	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Châtel-Censoir	89	255 km N	561	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 20 % · humidity 79 %
Chaon	41	261 km N	435	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 35 %

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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 Marcenat'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nasbinals	48	74 km S	571	74	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance	48	83 km SE	532	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bessat	42	132 km E	530	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Escragnolles	06	359 km SE	622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-l'Herm	63	58 km E	482	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Costaros	43	93 km SE	553	70.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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