Sauvat

Cantal · CC Sumène - Artense · INSEE 15223

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

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sauvat (INSEE 15223) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Sumène - Artense. Population 219 (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/15223-sauvat

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,520 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	0.52	10	5.19
Housing mix	0.46	5	2.28

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. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (RELAIS LECTURE DE SAUVAT). ^[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		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 PUBLIQUE	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 DE SAUVAT	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: 309 2023: 219 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 200 (2012) → 219 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 215 (1990) → 219 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 27.2 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km NGP — 3.2 km NBakery — 3.3 km NPharmacy — 3.4 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 (Ydes): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ydes): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ydes): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ydes): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sauvat): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.2

Days at or below 0 °C 82.1

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAIGNES weather station, 4.3 km away at 533 m; the village itself is at 541 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 15.7 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 133 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 984 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAIGNES, 4.3 km away at 533 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 — 15223/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15223/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15223/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15223/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15265
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15223
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
Sansac-Veinazès	15	64 km S	199	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Kerpert	22	544 km NW	268	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Montfuron	04	306 km SE	217	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sornin	03	130 km N	220	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rivoal	29	595 km NW	223	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Goujounac	46	128 km SW	220	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sansac-Veinazès	15	64 km S	199	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Goujounac	46	128 km SW	220	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Sornin	03	130 km N	220	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Montfuron	04	306 km SE	217	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Kerpert	22	544 km NW	268	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rivoal	29	595 km NW	223	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Sauvat'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
Louignac	19	92 km W	248	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chissey-lès-Mâcon	71	223 km NE	235	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ozenay	71	230 km NE	237	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chenailler-Mascheix	19	55 km SW	215	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Nassigny	03	132 km N	194	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Frugières-le-Pin	43	82 km E	185	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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