Saint-Poncy

Identity

Saint-Poncy (INSEE 15207) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 339 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15207-saint-poncy

Vitality score

Vitality score 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 18,048 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (GUITOU O P'TIT TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ENVIE DE PL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 334 (2012) → 339 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 376 (1990) → 339 (2023): -9.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 252, of which 18.3 % second homes and 18.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Molompize): 8.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vieillespesse): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Massiac): 10.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Massiac): 9.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Poncy): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST- PONCY_SAPC weather station, 1.9 km away at 805 m; the village itself is at 813 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at RUYNES, 18.3 km away at 905 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 92 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, 1.9 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15207/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15207/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15207/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15207/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15127
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15259
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15119
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15207
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024