Salers

Cantal · CC du Pays de Salers · INSEE 15219

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

Served 70.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salers (INSEE 15219) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Salers. Population 310 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 70.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 17,943 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	0.84	25	21.1
Social	0.97	20	19.43
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.21	10	2.06
Housing mix	0.26	5	1.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE COMPTOIR D'EMILE ET MARIE · AUX FINS GOURMANDS · AU CARRE DE SALERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE - CHARCUTERIE MAISON LACOSTE). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (P'TIT COMPTOIR · SARL LA DILIGENCE SAGRANIERE · LES TEMPLIERS · L'EVASION · LA POTERNE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (HOTEL LES REMPARTS). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MARC DESGOUTTES, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LAURENT, MÉDECIN · VANESSA BIANCHI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SALERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

5 × Hotel (HOTEL LES REMPARTS · LA BASTIDE DU CANTAL · LE BAILLAGE · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE BEFFROI). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE MOURIOL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE COMPTOIR D'EMILE ET MARIE · AUX FINS GOURMANDS · AU CARRE DE SALERS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE - CHARCUTERIE MAISON LACOSTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3		INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	5	P'TIT COMPTOIR · SARL LA DILIGENCE SAGRANIERE · LES TEMPLIERS · L'EVASION · LA POTERNE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	HOTEL LES REMPARTS	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)	3	JEAN-MARC DESGOUTTES, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LAURENT, MÉDECIN · VANESSA BIANCHI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SALERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	5	HOTEL LES REMPARTS · LA BASTIDE DU CANTAL · LE BAILLAGE · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE BEFFROI	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE MOURIOL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Wednesday MATIN Place Tyssandier d'Escous. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 521 2023: 310 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 345 (2012) → 310 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 439 (1990) → 310 (2023): -29.4 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 36.8 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Salers): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Salers): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Salers): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Salers): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Salers): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.3

Days at or below 0 °C 78.2

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SALERS weather station, 0.4 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 942 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 18.3 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 268 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 1,586 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SALERS, 0.4 km away at 945 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 — 15219/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.salers.fr/carte-interactive— “Un marché hebdomadaire tous les MERCREDIS MATIN sur la Place Tyssandier d'Escous.”
DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a5f881ea-5f4a-3770-83a3-9409e92d4327— “Marché hebdomadaire tous les mercredis matins...”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15219/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15219/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15219/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
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne	16	183 km W	312	57	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Doucier	39	305 km NE	285	68	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Santa-Maria-Siché	2A	636 km SE	364	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	40 km NE	328	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Pesse	39	290 km NE	334	64.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Fournels	48	61 km SE	371	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	40 km NE	328	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fournels	48	61 km SE	371	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne	16	183 km W	312	57	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
La Pesse	39	290 km NE	334	64.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Doucier	39	305 km NE	285	68	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Santa-Maria-Siché	2A	636 km SE	364	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %

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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 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
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	40 km NE	328	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Tour-d'Auvergne	63	47 km N	640	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Murol	63	60 km NE	672	71.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thiézac	15	19 km SE	590	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tauves	63	48 km N	684	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Herment	63	69 km N	277	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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