Valette

Cantal · CC du Pays Gentiane · INSEE 15246

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valette (INSEE 15246) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays Gentiane. Population 236 (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 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,921 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	5	0
Population trend	0.33	10	3.31
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.44

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 0 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 (L'AMANDINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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, Library. ^[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	L'AMANDINE	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	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 359 2023: 236 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 273 (2012) → 236 (2023): -13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 284 (1990) → 236 (2023): -16.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 199, of which 25.6 % second homes and 18.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km NWFood shop — 4.4 km NEPharmacy — 5.3 km WGP — 5.4 km E 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 (Menet): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Riom-ès-Montagnes): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Riom-ès-Montagnes): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Trizac): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Valette): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.1

Days at or below 0 °C 106.8▸

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the RIOM-MONTAGNES weather station, 5.1 km away at 837 m; the village itself is at 887 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MARCENAT, 18.5 km away at 1,075 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 188 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,236 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at RIOM-MONTAGNES, 5.1 km away at 837 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15246/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15246/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15246/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15246/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15243
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15246
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
Mouriez	62	566 km N	237	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 19 %
Saillac	19	80 km W	214	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 57 %
Précy-le-Sec	89	275 km N	233	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Bors (Canton de Tude-et-Lavalette)	16	191 km W	223	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 12 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin	50	561 km NW	253	26	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Les Noës	42	130 km NE	209	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saillac	19	80 km W	214	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 57 %
Les Noës	42	130 km NE	209	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Bors (Canton de Tude-et-Lavalette)	16	191 km W	223	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 12 % · humidity 50 %
Précy-le-Sec	89	275 km N	233	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin	50	561 km NW	253	26	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Mouriez	62	566 km N	237	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 19 %

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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 Valette'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
Cressia	39	263 km NE	243	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy	69	168 km NE	307	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Monestier-du-Percy	38	246 km E	254	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Verthemex	73	252 km E	244	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Augisey	39	265 km NE	191	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont	38	259 km E	422	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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