Vieillevie

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15260

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

No daily shops 12.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieillevie (INSEE 15260) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 102 (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/15260-vieillevie

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 10,792 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.2	10	1.99
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ENTRACTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIEILLEVIE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE DE VIEILLEVIE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA TERRASSE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	L'ENTRACTE	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	VIEILLEVIE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE MAIRIE DE VIEILLEVIE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE LA TERRASSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 213 2023: 102 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 112 (2012) → 102 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 146 (1990) → 102 (2023): -30.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 51.4 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 5.4 km SPrimary school — 5.8 km NWGP — 9.2 km NWPharmacy — 9.4 km NE 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 (Conques-en-Rouergue): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vieillevie): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Puycapel): 9.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montsalvy): 9.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cassaniouze): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.6

Days at or below 0 °C 27.8

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the SENEZERGUES weather station, 6.6 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 238 m. ^[13]

The village sits 292 m below 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]

An average of 1,146 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SENEZERGUES, 6.6 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15260/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15260/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15260/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15260/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15260
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15027
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15134
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15029
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
Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat	15	76 km N	113	4.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 22 %
Saint-Christol	07	162 km E	102	6.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Pal-de-Senouire	43	119 km NE	108	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 0 %
Présailles	43	130 km E	108	11.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 15 %
Maurines	15	58 km NE	102	7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 23 %
Gorniès	34	128 km SE	103	4.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maurines	15	58 km NE	102	7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 3 % · winter 23 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat	15	76 km N	113	4.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 22 %
Saint-Pal-de-Senouire	43	119 km NE	108	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 0 %
Gorniès	34	128 km SE	103	4.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 91 %
Présailles	43	130 km E	108	11.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 15 %
Saint-Christol	07	162 km E	102	6.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 43 %

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