Sansac-de-Marmiesse

Cantal · CA du Bassin d'Aurillac · INSEE 15221

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

Partly served 41/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sansac-de-Marmiesse (INSEE 15221) is in Cantal (15), part of CA du Bassin d'Aurillac. Population 1,395 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 12,136 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.8	10	7.96
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

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 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

2 × Restaurant (LA TERRASSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CHATEAU). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-JACQUES BESOMBES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (MA VICTOIRE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	2	LA TERRASSE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU CHATEAU	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-JACQUES BESOMBES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MANHES	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	2	MA VICTOIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 349 2023: 1,395 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,320 (2012) → 1,395 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,076 (1990) → 1,395 (2023): 29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 649, of which 4.5 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.4 km EFood shop — 3.7 km N 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 (Sansac-de-Marmiesse): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ytrac): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sansac-de-Marmiesse): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sansac-de-Marmiesse): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sansac-de-Marmiesse): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.6

Days at or below 0 °C 70

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AURILLAC weather station, 5.8 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 584 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 5.8 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,251 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST MAMET, 3.8 km away at 740 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 — 15221/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15221/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15221/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15221/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15221
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15267
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
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher	41	281 km N	1,473	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Arzano	29	556 km NW	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Restigné	37	313 km NW	1,139	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Hallencourt	80	569 km N	1,351	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Solignac	87	128 km NW	1,552	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Challuy	58	238 km N	1,453	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Solignac	87	128 km NW	1,552	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Challuy	58	238 km N	1,453	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher	41	281 km N	1,473	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Restigné	37	313 km NW	1,139	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Arzano	29	556 km NW	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Hallencourt	80	569 km N	1,351	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Sansac-de-Marmiesse'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
Les Hautes-Rivières	08	587 km N	1,239	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bertrichamps	54	520 km NE	1,081	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Riotord	43	166 km E	1,195	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Margut	08	567 km N	700	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel	55	522 km NE	1,579	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mattaincourt	88	476 km NE	802	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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