Saint-Paul-de-Salers
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 16.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Paul-de-Salers (INSEE 15205) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 105 (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 16.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 66 % of the 11,027 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.14 | 10 | 1.4 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DES VOLCANS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DU COL DE NERONNE). [4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING À LA FERME D'APCHER). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 | 1 | LE RELAIS DES VOLCANS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | AUBERGE DU COL DE NERONNE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING À LA FERME D'APCHER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 111 (2012) → 105 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 164 (1990) → 105 (2023): -36 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 57.4 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Salers): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Salers): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Salers): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Salers): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Salers): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SALERS weather station, 1.8 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 779 m. [9]
The village sits 166 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 LE LIORAN_SAPC, 19.3 km away at 1,236 m, over 14 summers. [9]
That station sits 457 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 1,586 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at SALERS, 1.8 km away at 945 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 — 15205/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15205/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15205/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15205/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15219
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manso | 2B | 591 km SE | 116 | 19.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Saint-Arcons-de-Barges | 43 | 116 km E | 119 | 20.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Larnagol | 46 | 94 km SW | 135 | 19 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 77 % |
| Le Bosc | 09 | 258 km S | 113 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villeperdrix | 26 | 232 km E | 103 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Vert | 43 | 84 km E | 108 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vert | 43 | 84 km E | 108 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Larnagol | 46 | 94 km SW | 135 | 19 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 77 % |
| Saint-Arcons-de-Barges | 43 | 116 km E | 119 | 20.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villeperdrix | 26 | 232 km E | 103 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bosc | 09 | 258 km S | 113 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Manso | 2B | 591 km SE | 116 | 19.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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-Paul-de-Salers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borce | 64 | 350 km SW | 112 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Savennes | 63 | 50 km N | 96 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Laurent-de-Lévézou | 12 | 109 km S | 161 | 25.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-Nigremont | 23 | 80 km N | 134 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gien-sur-Cure | 58 | 253 km NE | 90 | 4.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Soulié | 34 | 177 km S | 137 | 27.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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