Roannes-Saint-Mary

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15163

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Roannes-Saint-Mary (INSEE 15163) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 1,101 (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/15163-roannes-saint-mary

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 13,749 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.67	10	6.73
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PHAM VAN TUYNH). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ROANNES ST MARY AP). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	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	1	PHAM VAN TUYNH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	ROANNES ST MARY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE AGENCE POSTALE	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]
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: 780 2023: 1,101 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,034 (2012) → 1,101 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 939 (1990) → 1,101 (2023): 17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 563, of which 6 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NFood shop — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 4.6 km NWGP — 4.7 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 (Sansac-de-Marmiesse): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aurillac): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sansac-de-Marmiesse): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sansac-de-Marmiesse): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Roannes-Saint-Mary): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.6

Days at or below 0 °C 70

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AURILLAC weather station, 4.5 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 616 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 4.5 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,122 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AURILLAC, 4.5 km away at 632 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 — 15163/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15163/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15163/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15163/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15221
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15163
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
Orthevielle	40	317 km SW	1,073	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
La Chapelle-d'Aurec	43	152 km E	1,115	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Luzillat	63	144 km NE	1,163	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Passa	66	256 km S	1,118	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	411 km NW	1,156	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Poliénas	38	246 km E	1,111	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luzillat	63	144 km NE	1,163	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-d'Aurec	43	152 km E	1,115	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Poliénas	38	246 km E	1,111	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Passa	66	256 km S	1,118	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Orthevielle	40	317 km SW	1,073	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	411 km NW	1,156	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · 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 Roannes-Saint-Mary'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
La Chapelle-d'Aurec	43	152 km E	1,115	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vicq-sur-Breuilh	87	118 km NW	1,313	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Catenoy	60	502 km N	1,125	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Offenge	73	299 km E	1,179	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Macey	10	400 km N	975	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sevelinges	42	203 km NE	646	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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