Saint-Gérons

Identity

Saint-Gérons (INSEE 15189) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 220 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15189-saint-gerons

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 63 % of the 16,584 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BLUE LAGOON · LE GAROUSTEL - BAR RESTO DE RENAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GÉRONS). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE RENAC · PLAGE D ESPINET). ^[3]

4 × Campsite (CAMPING DEL MOULES · PRL DOMAINE DU LAC · LE GAROUSTEL · CAMPING LES RIVES DU LAC CANTALÈS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 217 (2012) → 220 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 179 (1990) → 220 (2023): 22.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 60.5 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Laroquebrou): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laroquebrou): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laroquebrou): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Laroquebrou): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Laroquebrou): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the JUSSAC weather station, 16.6 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 509 m. ^[9]

The village sits 121 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 AURILLAC, 17.3 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 123 m above 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 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST ETIENNE.CANT, 0.4 km away at 463 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 117,410 € — 1,429 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Cantal is 1,059 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15189/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15189/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15189/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15189/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15094
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025