Saint-Mary-le-Plain
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Mary-le-Plain (INSEE 15203) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 188 (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 9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 9 % of the 15,585 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 | 0.59 | 10 | 5.93 |
| Housing mix | 0.35 | 5 | 1.74 |
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 151 (2012) → 188 (2023): 24.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 172 (1990) → 188 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 32.6 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Molompize): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vieillespesse): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Massiac): 8.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Massiac): 8 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Poncy): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 111 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST- PONCY_SAPC weather station, 1.4 km away at 805 m; the village itself is at 863 m. [12]
The village sits 58 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at COLTINES, 18.2 km away at 979 m, over 27 summers. [12]
That station sits 116 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST- PONCY_SAPC, 1.4 km away at 805 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15203/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15203/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15203/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15203/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15127
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15259
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15119
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15207
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tailly | 08 | 494 km N | 182 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 16 % |
| Mortagne | 88 | 439 km NE | 196 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux | 76 | 546 km N | 183 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courteilles | 27 | 428 km N | 179 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 24 % |
| Saint-Simon | 46 | 117 km SW | 195 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 % |
| Barrais-Bussolles | 03 | 130 km N | 185 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Simon | 46 | 117 km SW | 195 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 % |
| Barrais-Bussolles | 03 | 130 km N | 185 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courteilles | 27 | 428 km N | 179 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 24 % |
| Mortagne | 88 | 439 km NE | 196 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tailly | 08 | 494 km N | 182 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 16 % |
| Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux | 76 | 546 km N | 183 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · 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-Mary-le-Plain'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durmignat | 63 | 113 km N | 214 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Égliseneuve-des-Liards | 63 | 47 km NE | 157 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gabrias | 48 | 74 km S | 158 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grèzes | 48 | 76 km S | 195 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias | 07 | 116 km E | 195 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lignareix | 19 | 83 km NW | 162 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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