Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 6.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers (INSEE 15174) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 246 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 6.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 2 % of the 17,149 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.11 | 10 | 1.12 |
| Housing mix | 0.27 | 5 | 1.35 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BONNET DE SALERS AP). [3]
1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE AGENCE POSTALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4] | |
| 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | SAINT BONNET DE SALERS 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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 304 (2012) → 246 (2023): -19.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 402 (1990) → 246 (2023): -38.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 241, of which 36.5 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Salers): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Salers): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Salers): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Salers): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Salers): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SALERS weather station, 3.7 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 882 m. [9]
The village sits 63 m below 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 14.3 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. [9]
That station sits 208 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,586 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at SALERS, 3.7 km away at 945 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15174/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15174/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15174/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15174/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15219
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Comelle | 71 | 230 km NE | 248 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Domeyrot | 23 | 124 km N | 229 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux | 71 | 226 km NE | 232 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cheissoux | 87 | 98 km NW | 231 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lesparrou | 09 | 252 km S | 236 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil | 07 | 164 km E | 201 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheissoux | 87 | 98 km NW | 231 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Domeyrot | 23 | 124 km N | 229 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil | 07 | 164 km E | 201 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux | 71 | 226 km NE | 232 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Comelle | 71 | 230 km NE | 248 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lesparrou | 09 | 252 km S | 236 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montferrer | 66 | 303 km S | 218 | 5.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Brisson | 58 | 267 km NE | 252 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaussenac | 15 | 14 km W | 218 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaulieu | 61 | 412 km N | 212 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Chamant | 15 | 7.7 km S | 237 | 21.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martial-le-Mont | 23 | 103 km N | 265 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
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