Velzic

Identity

Velzic (INSEE 15252) is in Cantal (15), part of CA du Bassin d'Aurillac. Population 401 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15252-velzic

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,999 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (PIJOL MARCELLE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE VELZIC). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 399 (2012) → 401 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 401 (2023): 10.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 15.7 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Marmanhac): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vic-sur-Cère): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Velzic): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MARMANHAC weather station, 6.1 km away at 644 m; the village itself is at 713 m. ^[13]

The village sits 69 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 16.1 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 81 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,459 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MARMANHAC, 6.1 km away at 644 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15252/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2023-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5e4045a7-1809-3203-8d47-f5e4ebdc6a91— “Marché traditionnel de Velzic”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15252/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15252/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15252/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15118
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15258
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15178
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15252
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024