Les Ternes

Cantal · CC de Saint-Flour · INSEE 15235

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

Few services 38/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Ternes (INSEE 15235) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 567 (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/15235-les-ternes

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,378 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.76	10	7.6
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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) (BOULANGERIE DES TERNES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES TERNES RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SALON LES TERNES). ^[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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DES TERNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LES TERNES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE-RELAIS	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	1	SALON LES TERNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 459 peak 2012: 599 2023: 567 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 599 (2012) → 567 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 450 (1990) → 567 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 13.8 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.1 km NGP — 6.8 km NEPharmacy — 7.4 km NE 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 (Les Ternes): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Roffiac): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Flour): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Flour): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Ternes): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.6

Days at or below 0 °C 96.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 97 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST FLOUR weather station, 5.2 km away at 909 m; the village itself is at 950 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at COLTINES, 8.8 km away at 979 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 915 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES TERNES, 1 km away at 1,007 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 — 15235/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15235/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15235/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15235/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15187
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
Corveissiat	01	237 km NE	601	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Everly	77	386 km N	566	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Port-Lesney	39	311 km NE	532	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Ruffec	36	231 km NW	562	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Ayrens	15	54 km W	614	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rancy	71	240 km NE	616	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ayrens	15	54 km W	614	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ruffec	36	231 km NW	562	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Corveissiat	01	237 km NE	601	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rancy	71	240 km NE	616	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Port-Lesney	39	311 km NE	532	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Everly	77	386 km N	566	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · 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 Les Ternes'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
Longessaigne	69	141 km NE	589	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine	63	81 km NE	534	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ussel	15	11 km NW	453	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Roches-lès-Blamont	25	399 km NE	612	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pertuis	43	83 km E	576	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Houssière	88	461 km NE	507	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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