Saignes

Cantal · CC Sumène - Artense · INSEE 15169

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

Served 60.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saignes (INSEE 15169) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Sumène - Artense. Population 835 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15169-saignes

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,410 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.28
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU TIRE BOUCHON). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (KGP). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE DE LA POSTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES TERRASSES). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN CHALVIGNAC, MÉDECIN · ROLAND LEYMONIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GUITTARD GOUTILLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE BELLEVUE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ART 2 PL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AU TIRE BOUCHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	KGP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	CAFE DE LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES TERRASSES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ALAIN CHALVIGNAC, MÉDECIN · ROLAND LEYMONIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GUITTARD GOUTILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAIGNES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE BELLEVUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ART 2 PL'HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL BELLEVUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 702 peak 1990: 1,009 2023: 835 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 883 (2012) → 835 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,009 (1990) → 835 (2023): -17.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 579, of which 20.4 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saignes): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saignes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saignes): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saignes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saignes): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.2

Days at or below 0 °C 82.1

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAIGNES weather station, 1 km away at 533 m; the village itself is at 492 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 19.3 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 182 m above 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 984 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAIGNES, 1 km away at 533 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15169/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a4af879f-a70f-3698-a6eb-b8c73bfe8a44— “Tous les mardis en matinée.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15169/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15169/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15169/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15169
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
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	94 km E	839	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montsalvy	15	70 km S	842	70.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 70 %
Bélâbre	36	170 km NW	923	64.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	257 km E	831	67.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Allègre	43	98 km E	922	63.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Daumazan-sur-Arize	09	261 km S	804	70	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 16 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montsalvy	15	70 km S	842	70.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 70 %
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	94 km E	839	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Allègre	43	98 km E	922	63.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Bélâbre	36	170 km NW	923	64.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	257 km E	831	67.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Daumazan-sur-Arize	09	261 km S	804	70	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 16 %

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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 Saignes'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
Belmont-sur-Rance	12	170 km S	1,001	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Antoine l'Abbaye	38	215 km E	1,263	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Faramans	38	210 km E	1,143	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Belmont-de-la-Loire	42	172 km NE	1,410	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ayen	19	91 km W	717	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-des-Arnauds	05	287 km E	1,685	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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