Saint-Simon

Cantal · CA du Bassin d'Aurillac · INSEE 15215

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Simon (INSEE 15215) is in Cantal (15), part of CA du Bassin d'Aurillac. Population 1,159 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15215-saint-simon

Vitality score

Vitality score 46/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 13,433 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	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.67	10	6.72
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BL BIO · EPICERIE DE LA JORDANNE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BULLE DE SALERS · LE BAR'OUDEUR). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (REST'O BAR LES 2 PONTS). ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAUL BENISTAND, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MARCHADOU, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE LONGUET, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC MAURS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE REGINE A DOMICILE · LES CISEAUX DE ROMANE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	BL BIO · EPICERIE DE LA JORDANNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	BULLE DE SALERS · LE BAR'OUDEUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	REST'O BAR LES 2 PONTS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	PAUL BENISTAND, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MARCHADOU, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE LONGUET, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC MAURS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [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	1	SAINT SIMON LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	LES CISEAUX DE REGINE A DOMICILE · LES CISEAUX DE ROMANE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 842 2023: 1,159 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,123 (2012) → 1,159 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 989 (1990) → 1,159 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 626, of which 11.7 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.7 km NEBakery — 4.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 km SW 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 (Aurillac): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Simon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Simon): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aurillac): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Simon): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.3

Days at or below 0 °C 90.5

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARMANHAC weather station, 4.6 km away at 644 m; the village itself is at 675 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 9.7 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,459 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARMANHAC, 4.6 km away at 644 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15215/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15215/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15215/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15215/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15215
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
Herm	40	316 km SW	1,185	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 %
Arlay	39	309 km NE	1,182	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Groslée-Saint-Benoit	01	255 km E	1,227	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Port-de-Lanne	40	331 km SW	1,232	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 20 % · humidity 0 %
Vauvenargues	13	293 km SE	1,058	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-de-Pertuis	84	289 km SE	1,130	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Groslée-Saint-Benoit	01	255 km E	1,227	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Beaumont-de-Pertuis	84	289 km SE	1,130	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Vauvenargues	13	293 km SE	1,058	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Arlay	39	309 km NE	1,182	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Herm	40	316 km SW	1,185	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 23 % · humidity 0 %
Port-de-Lanne	40	331 km SW	1,232	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 20 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Simon'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
Cuinzier	42	190 km NE	707	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vendenesse-lès-Charolles	71	218 km NE	729	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour	19	59 km NW	928	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vignieu	38	241 km E	1,024	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Arvillard	73	289 km E	861	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cassin	73	274 km E	1,046	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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