Parlan

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15147

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

Partly served 41.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parlan (INSEE 15147) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 475 (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/15147-parlan

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,911 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.97	10	9.71
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (M.C · AU BON PAIN D'AUVERGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE POSTE DE PARLAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AUDREY). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	M.C · AU BON PAIN D'AUVERGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PARLAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE POSTE DE PARLAN	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	1	AUDREY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 442 2023: 475 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 351 (2012) → 475 (2023): 35.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 323 (1990) → 475 (2023): 47.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 296, of which 23.6 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.5 km NEPharmacy — 5.6 km NEGP — 11.1 km E 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 (Parlan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Rouget-Pers): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat): 11.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Primary school (Parlan): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.7

Days at or below 0 °C 44.6

Muggy days a summer 1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAURS weather station, 10.4 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 582 m. ^[11]

The village sits 102 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAURS, 10.4 km away at 480 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 102 m below 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 1,457 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST SAURY, 5.1 km away at 705 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 — 15147/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15147/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15147/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15147/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15268
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15196
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
Eyburie	19	82 km NW	486	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bord-Saint-Georges	23	160 km N	368	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Charnizay	37	249 km N	461	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montchevrier	36	187 km N	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset	15	8.2 km SE	665	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trégrom	22	597 km NW	464	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boisset	15	8.2 km SE	665	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Eyburie	19	82 km NW	486	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bord-Saint-Georges	23	160 km N	368	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Montchevrier	36	187 km N	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Charnizay	37	249 km N	461	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Trégrom	22	597 km NW	464	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Parlan'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
Eyburie	19	82 km NW	486	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Charnizay	37	249 km N	461	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montchevrier	36	187 km N	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rancon	87	164 km NW	475	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	262 km N	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Berneuil	87	161 km NW	418	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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