Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert (INSEE 15179) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 248 (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 8.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 17,170 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.69 |
| Housing mix | 0.3 | 5 | 1.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 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 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 236 (2012) → 248 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 232 (1990) → 248 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 34.8 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Cernin): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SALINS weather station, 9.1 km away at 660 m; the village itself is at 762 m. [10]
The village sits 102 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 15.5 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 88 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 1,412 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST CERNIN, 4.9 km away at 760 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 — 15179/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15179/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15179/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15179/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15175
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15202
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvillars | 14 | 488 km N | 238 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
| Charbonnières | 28 | 361 km N | 263 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Foy-de-Longas | 24 | 130 km W | 242 | 7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 % |
| Strenquels | 46 | 60 km W | 258 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 49 % |
| Lestre | 50 | 566 km NW | 242 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brosses | 89 | 289 km N | 265 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strenquels | 46 | 60 km W | 258 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 49 % |
| Sainte-Foy-de-Longas | 24 | 130 km W | 242 | 7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 % |
| Brosses | 89 | 289 km N | 265 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Charbonnières | 28 | 361 km N | 263 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auvillars | 14 | 488 km N | 238 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lestre | 50 | 566 km NW | 242 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Cirgues-de-Malbert'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Victour | 19 | 41 km N | 199 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Crouzille | 63 | 124 km N | 262 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mortagne | 88 | 485 km NE | 196 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jeantes | 02 | 538 km N | 229 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Virlet | 63 | 120 km N | 270 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marcheseuil | 21 | 273 km NE | 158 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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