Saint-Martin-Valmeroux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Martin-Valmeroux (INSEE 15202) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 716 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 53.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 16,292 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.86 | 10 | 8.65 |
| Health | 0.79 | 10 | 7.91 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.21 | 10 | 2.08 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL CCLM). [4,3]
2 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT PECHEUR). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar (LE P'TIT BISTROT). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE NELSON MANDELA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). [4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE LAURENT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC DESGOUTTES, MÉDECIN · VANESSA BIANCHI, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA MARONNE). [4,3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE A DOMINANTE SPORTIVE). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (J & F COIFFURE). [4,3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA SOURCE DU MONT). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | SARL CCLM | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | LE P'TIT PECHEUR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE P'TIT BISTROT | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE NELSON MANDELA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | PIERRE LAURENT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC DESGOUTTES, MÉDECIN · VANESSA BIANCHI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA MARONNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHEQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE POLYVALENTE A DOMINANTE SPORTIVE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | J & F COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL LA SOURCE DU MONT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 826 (2012) → 716 (2023): -13.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,012 (1990) → 716 (2023): -29.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 601, of which 15 % second homes and 27.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Salers): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Martin-Valmeroux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SALERS weather station, 5.8 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 638 m. [11]
The village sits 307 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 15.8 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 1,586 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SALERS, 5.8 km away at 945 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15202/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b783b44f-53cf-3a3c-a58f-393452571c7f— “Marché hebdomadaire tous les VENDREDIS matins.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15202/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15202/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15202/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15219
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gensac | 33 | 189 km W | 687 | 60.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 95 % |
| Moulins-la-Marche | 61 | 420 km N | 710 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Motte-du-Caire | 04 | 297 km E | 546 | 51.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puisseguin | 33 | 198 km W | 834 | 53.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 % |
| Culan | 18 | 159 km N | 779 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 % |
| Varen | 82 | 115 km S | 640 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varen | 82 | 115 km S | 640 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Culan | 18 | 159 km N | 779 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 % |
| Gensac | 33 | 189 km W | 687 | 60.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 95 % |
| Puisseguin | 33 | 198 km W | 834 | 53.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Motte-du-Caire | 04 | 297 km E | 546 | 51.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moulins-la-Marche | 61 | 420 km N | 710 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · 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-Valmeroux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulins-la-Marche | 61 | 420 km N | 710 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sancergues | 18 | 230 km N | 620 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rochefort-en-Terre | 56 | 465 km NW | 647 | 69.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marsac | 23 | 127 km NW | 643 | 56.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roybon | 38 | 221 km E | 1,091 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Droué | 41 | 341 km N | 999 | 55.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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