Sansac-Veinazès

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15222

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

Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sansac-Veinazès (INSEE 15222) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 199 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 15,908 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.49	10	4.85
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (P'TIT GOULU). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 [3,4]
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	1	P'TIT GOULU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	1	RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 247 2023: 199 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 222 (2012) → 199 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 202 (1990) → 199 (2023): -1.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 130, of which 21.5 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.3 km NFood shop — 5.3 km NBakery — 5.5 km NPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lacapelle-del-Fraisse): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lafeuillade-en-Vézie): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sansac-Veinazès): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.2

Days at or below 0 °C 45.7

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SENEZERGUES weather station, 4.4 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 577 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 16.8 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 55 m above 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 1,146 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SENEZERGUES, 4.4 km away at 530 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 — 15222/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15222/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15222/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15222/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15222
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
Sauvat	15	64 km N	219	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Sail-les-Bains	42	199 km NE	209	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Berzème	07	168 km E	159	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Salles	81	81 km SW	191	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort	19	85 km N	188	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Cazavet	09	224 km SW	204	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sauvat	15	64 km N	219	25.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Salles	81	81 km SW	191	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort	19	85 km N	188	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Berzème	07	168 km E	159	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Sail-les-Bains	42	199 km NE	209	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Cazavet	09	224 km SW	204	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Veinazès'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
Joyeux	01	248 km NE	262	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Souel	81	88 km SW	175	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Buxeuil	36	272 km N	214	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Chartrier-Ferrière	19	86 km NW	373	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Castanet	81	91 km S	210	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Roussines	36	209 km NW	355	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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