Saint-Martin-Cantalès

Cantal · CC du Pays de Salers · INSEE 15200

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 16.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-Cantalès (INSEE 15200) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 157 (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 16.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 14,453 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.26	10	2.58
Housing mix	0.32	5	1.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LA PIZZA DES VOLCANS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN CANTALES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DU PONT DU ROUFFET). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

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. ^[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	1	LA PIZZA DES VOLCANS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SAINT MARTIN CANTALES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE	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	2	CAMPING DU PONT DU ROUFFET	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 338 2023: 157 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 160 (2012) → 157 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 157 (2023): -24.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 34 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.4 km SPrimary school — 3.7 km SBakery — 5.7 km SWPharmacy — 7.6 km NWGP — 7.8 km NW 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 (Arnac): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Illide): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pleaux): 7.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pleaux): 7.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Illide): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.1

Days at or below 0 °C 72.6

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SALINS weather station, 11.9 km away at 660 m; the village itself is at 637 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 14.5 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,219 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST ILLIDE, 3.1 km away at 635 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15200/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15200/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15200/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15200/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15153
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
Bazoches	58	279 km NE	160	15.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Préjet-d'Allier	43	106 km E	159	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Poil	58	240 km NE	152	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Bor-et-Bar	12	102 km S	206	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 84 %
Corravillers	70	454 km NE	161	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montboudif	15	46 km NE	161	7.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montboudif	15	46 km NE	161	7.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Bor-et-Bar	12	102 km S	206	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Préjet-d'Allier	43	106 km E	159	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Poil	58	240 km NE	152	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Bazoches	58	279 km NE	160	15.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Corravillers	70	454 km NE	161	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Martin-Cantalès'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
Corravillers	70	454 km NE	161	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vidaillat	23	101 km N	204	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Amont-et-Effreney	70	450 km NE	168	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Collancelle	58	254 km NE	158	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cheissoux	87	97 km NW	231	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mézères	43	135 km E	178	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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