Saint-Martial
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Martial (INSEE 15199) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 71 (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 8.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 19 % of the 7,494 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 | 0.41 | 10 | 4.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.58 | 5 | 2.91 |
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 64 (2012) → 71 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 78 (1990) → 71 (2023): -9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 67, of which 20.9 % second homes and 23.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chaudes-Aigues): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chaudes-Aigues): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Chaudes-Aigues): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chaudes-Aigues): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chaudes-Aigues): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the DEUX-VERGES weather station, 8.4 km away at 1,080 m; the village itself is at 911 m. [9]
The village sits 169 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 DEUX-VERGES, 8.4 km away at 1,080 m, over 22 summers. [9]
That station sits 169 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 984 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at DEUX-VERGES, 8.4 km away at 1,080 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 — 15199/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15199/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15199/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15199/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15045
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gervais-des-Sablons | 61 | 502 km NW | 70 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 39 % |
| Grimesnil | 50 | 563 km NW | 71 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bouzancourt | 52 | 409 km N | 72 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Isles-Bardel | 14 | 511 km NW | 73 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rouet | 34 | 133 km SE | 71 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
| Tadousse-Ussau | 64 | 297 km SW | 73 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 34 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouet | 34 | 133 km SE | 71 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 % |
| Tadousse-Ussau | 64 | 297 km SW | 73 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 34 % |
| Bouzancourt | 52 | 409 km N | 72 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Gervais-des-Sablons | 61 | 502 km NW | 70 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 39 % |
| Les Isles-Bardel | 14 | 511 km NW | 73 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grimesnil | 50 | 563 km NW | 71 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 19 % · 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-Martial'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaux-Champagny | 39 | 315 km NE | 73 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Crupilly | 02 | 564 km N | 64 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Marcousse | 63 | 64 km N | 63 | 4.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaumé | 02 | 558 km N | 82 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Riervescemont | 90 | 436 km NE | 83 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brixey-aux-Chanoines | 55 | 449 km NE | 77 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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