Prunet

Identity

Prunet (INSEE 15156) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 683 (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/15156-prunet

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,470 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS D'AUBUGUES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (ESCARPIDOU). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 614 (2012) → 683 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 505 (1990) → 683 (2023): 35.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 332, of which 11.4 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lacapelle-del-Fraisse): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Prunet): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AURILLAC weather station, 8.7 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 742 m. ^[11]

The village sits 110 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 AURILLAC, 8.7 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 110 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 1,270 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LABROUSSE, 7.2 km away at 800 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 163,400 € — 1,515 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Cantal is 1,059 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 15156/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15156/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15156/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15156/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15090
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15087
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15156
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025