Vieillespesse

Identity

Vieillespesse (INSEE 15259) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 271 (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/15259-vieillespesse

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,546 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (P'TIT BAGUET). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 263 (2012) → 271 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 254 (1990) → 271 (2023): 6.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 188, of which 22.9 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Talizat): 8.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vieillespesse): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Flour): 11 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Flour): 11.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vieillespesse): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 124 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST- PONCY_SAPC weather station, 6 km away at 805 m; the village itself is at 958 m. ^[11]

The village sits 153 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 COLTINES, 13.9 km away at 979 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LASTIC, 4.8 km away at 1,090 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15259/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15259/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15259/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15259/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15231
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15259
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15187
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024