Vezels-Roussy
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 16/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vezels-Roussy (INSEE 15257) is in Cantal (15), part of CA du Bassin d'Aurillac. Population 132 (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/15257-vezels-roussy
Vitality score
Vitality score 16/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 13,055 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.6 | 10 | 6 |
| Housing mix | 0.26 | 5 | 1.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA BERGERIE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | HOTEL LA BERGERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 144 (2012) → 132 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 120 (1990) → 132 (2023): 10 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 108, of which 37 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mur-de-Barrez): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lacroix-Barrez): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Mur-de-Barrez): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mur-de-Barrez): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Teissières-lès-Bouliès): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the AURILLAC weather station, 16 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 724 m. [11]
The village sits 92 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 16 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 92 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 1,270 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LABROUSSE, 6.2 km away at 800 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 — 15257/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15257/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15257/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15257/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12164
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 12118
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15234
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchefosse-et-Bay | 08 | 566 km N | 133 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 % |
| Trémouille-Saint-Loup | 63 | 76 km N | 140 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Conand | 01 | 256 km NE | 134 | 20.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Veyrières | 15 | 60 km N | 121 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ponches-Estruval | 80 | 614 km N | 127 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chadenet | 48 | 89 km E | 123 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veyrières | 15 | 60 km N | 121 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trémouille-Saint-Loup | 63 | 76 km N | 140 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chadenet | 48 | 89 km E | 123 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Conand | 01 | 256 km NE | 134 | 20.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Blanchefosse-et-Bay | 08 | 566 km N | 133 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 % |
| Ponches-Estruval | 80 | 614 km N | 127 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Vezels-Roussy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salins | 15 | 45 km N | 145 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Badailhac | 15 | 13 km N | 129 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaulieu | 58 | 282 km N | 142 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lépinas | 23 | 150 km N | 145 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Tartre | 71 | 257 km NE | 148 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Champagnat-le-Jeune | 63 | 97 km NE | 149 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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