Molèdes
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 2.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Molèdes (INSEE 15126) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 77 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 2.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 1 % of the 8,160 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.05 | 10 | 0.5 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE). [3]
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. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 97 (2012) → 77 (2023): -20.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 140 (1990) → 77 (2023): -45 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 58.8 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Molompize): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ferrières-Saint-Mary): 9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Allanche): 9.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Allanche): 9.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Allanche): 9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 132 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MASSIAC weather station, 12.3 km away at 533 m; the village itself is at 1,081 m. [11]
The village sits 548 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MARCENAT, 16.8 km away at 1,075 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ALLANCHE, 8.7 km away at 1,010 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15126/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15126/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15126/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15126/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15127
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15069
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15001
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verreries-de-Moussans | 34 | 204 km S | 84 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sauze | 06 | 327 km E | 67 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vielprat | 43 | 85 km SE | 70 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gourdon | 07 | 126 km SE | 85 | 8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cannelle | 2A | 586 km SE | 70 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rieussec | 34 | 206 km S | 82 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vielprat | 43 | 85 km SE | 70 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gourdon | 07 | 126 km SE | 85 | 8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verreries-de-Moussans | 34 | 204 km S | 84 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rieussec | 34 | 206 km S | 82 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sauze | 06 | 327 km E | 67 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cannelle | 2A | 586 km SE | 70 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Molèdes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charraix | 43 | 49 km SE | 67 | 3.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Plagnal | 07 | 95 km SE | 66 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Alban-en-Montagne | 07 | 92 km SE | 63 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-Bertin | 43 | 48 km E | 50 | 2.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Réal | 66 | 302 km S | 81 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sauveur-de-Ginestoux | 48 | 76 km SE | 60 | 2.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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