Valuéjols

Cantal · CC de Saint-Flour · INSEE 15248

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

Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valuéjols (INSEE 15248) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 580 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15248-valuejols

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,296 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	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.5	10	5.03
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAVEURS DES VOLCANS D'AUVERGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES BLES D'OR). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GERALDINE GALLET, MÉDECIN · NOEMIE BOYER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VALUEJOLS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DU TEMPS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	SAVEURS DES VOLCANS D'AUVERGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LES BLES D'OR	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)	2	GERALDINE GALLET, MÉDECIN · NOEMIE BOYER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LAUMIER	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	VALUEJOLS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	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	2	L'HAIR DU TEMPS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 833 2023: 580 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 556 (2012) → 580 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 578 (1990) → 580 (2023): 0.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 414, of which 18.1 % second homes and 18.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 8.1 km NW 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 (Murat): 8.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Valuéjols): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Valuéjols): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Valuéjols): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Valuéjols): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 110.2▸

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 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VALUEJOLS weather station, 0.2 km away at 1,074 m; the village itself is at 1,065 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at COLTINES, 5.1 km away at 979 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 86 m below 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 890 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALUEJOLS, 0.2 km away at 1,074 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15248/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2021-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/c633d24c-5fd2-3056-926c-8634042ad54b— “Marché traditionnel ayant lieu toute l'année, le mardi matin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15248/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15248/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15248/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15248
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
Jarnages	23	142 km NW	498	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-la-Lémance	47	160 km W	563	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 11 % · humidity 43 %
La Motte-du-Caire	04	257 km E	546	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Soueich	31	282 km SW	514	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Couture-d'Argenson	79	257 km NW	398	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 9 %
Tanus	81	117 km SW	552	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tanus	81	117 km SW	552	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Jarnages	23	142 km NW	498	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre-la-Lémance	47	160 km W	563	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 11 % · humidity 43 %
La Motte-du-Caire	04	257 km E	546	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Couture-d'Argenson	79	257 km NW	398	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 9 %
Soueich	31	282 km SW	514	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Valuéjols'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
Eygurande	19	78 km NW	678	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon	52	404 km NE	740	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Escragnolles	06	339 km SE	622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nozeroy	39	307 km NE	393	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Oye-et-Pallet	25	330 km NE	709	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Andelot-en-Montagne	39	306 km NE	574	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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