Saint-Saury

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15214

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

No daily shops 15.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Saury (INSEE 15214) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 183 (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/15214-saint-saury

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 15,401 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	5	0
Population trend	0.33	10	3.28
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	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	1	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 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

1968: 314 2023: 183 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 200 (2012) → 183 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 183 (2023): -17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 127, of which 12.6 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 5.1 km SEPrimary school — 5.2 km SEFood shop — 7.4 km EPharmacy — 7.7 km EGP — 8.1 km W 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 (Parlan): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Rouget-Pers): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sousceyrac-en-Quercy): 8.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Rouget-Pers): 7.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Parlan): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 52.4

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAURS weather station, 15 km away at 480 m; the village itself is at 704 m. ^[11]

The village sits 224 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MAURS, 15 km away at 480 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 224 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,457 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST SAURY, 0.2 km away at 705 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 — 15214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15268
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46311
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
Puyrolland	17	252 km NW	182	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Petite-Chaux	25	372 km NE	177	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lalobbe	08	560 km N	166	14.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Suhescun	64	322 km SW	165	15.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %
Chalus	63	107 km NE	177	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Origne	33	213 km W	187	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chalus	63	107 km NE	177	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Origne	33	213 km W	187	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %
Puyrolland	17	252 km NW	182	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Suhescun	64	322 km SW	165	15.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %
Petite-Chaux	25	372 km NE	177	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lalobbe	08	560 km N	166	14.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %

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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-Saury'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
Montaron	58	257 km NE	159	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Vézier	51	448 km N	181	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rieux	51	455 km N	189	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Briouze	61	469 km NW	178	11	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plessis-Barbuise	10	427 km N	184	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Favril	27	495 km N	185	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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