Raulhac

Cantal · CC Cère et Goul en Carladès · INSEE 15159

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Raulhac (INSEE 15159) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Cère et Goul en Carladès. Population 274 (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/15159-raulhac

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,590 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.25	10	2.53
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.36

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 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

2 × Café / bar (CHEZ MIMI). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (RAULHAC LA POSTE RELAIS RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE RAULHAC). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	2	CHEZ MIMI	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	RAULHAC LA POSTE RELAIS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE DE RAULHAC	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	1	AUBERGE DE RAULHAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 448 2023: 274 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 302 (2012) → 274 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 274 (2023): -24.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 36.4 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km NWBakery — 6.1 km SGP — 6.3 km SPharmacy — 6.3 km S 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 (Mur-de-Barrez): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Raulhac): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mur-de-Barrez): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mur-de-Barrez): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Raulhac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 59.9

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AURILLAC - VILL weather station, 17.7 km away at 707 m; the village itself is at 750 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 18.7 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 118 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,556 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VIC SUR CERE, 8.2 km away at 657 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 — 15159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15159
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
Vernon	07	131 km E	235	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-sur-Amance	52	403 km NE	255	24	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Turriers	04	283 km E	345	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Serdinya	66	261 km S	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bannegon	18	211 km N	233	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Ribaute	11	199 km S	262	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 47 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vernon	07	131 km E	235	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Ribaute	11	199 km S	262	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 47 % · humidity 14 %
Bannegon	18	211 km N	233	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Serdinya	66	261 km S	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Turriers	04	283 km E	345	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-sur-Amance	52	403 km NE	255	24	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Raulhac'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
Molesme	21	362 km N	278	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cruzy-le-Châtel	89	350 km N	222	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vandenesse	58	240 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bellegarde-en-Marche	23	124 km N	355	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Guipy	58	269 km N	222	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Darnets	19	73 km NW	303	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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