Le Vigean

Cantal · CC du Pays de Mauriac · INSEE 15261

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Vigean (INSEE 15261) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays de Mauriac. Population 787 (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/15261-le-vigean

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 15,732 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.42	10	4.18
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CHALET · TC SOLAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT L'EDEN). ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (PAUSE COIFFEE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	2	LE CHALET · TC SOLAR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	RESTAURANT L'EDEN	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)	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	2	PAUSE COIFFEE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,041 2023: 787 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 841 (2012) → 787 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 857 (1990) → 787 (2023): -8.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 542, of which 15.9 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km SWBakery — 1.2 km SWGP — 1.4 km SWPharmacy — 1.7 km SW 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 (Mauriac): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mauriac): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mauriac): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mauriac): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Vigean): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13

Days at or below 0 °C 60.6

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAURIAC-MOULIN weather station, 1.5 km away at 730 m; the village itself is at 722 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAURIAC, 4.8 km away at 674 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,366 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAURIAC-MOULIN, 1.5 km away at 730 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15261
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
Le Saint	56	552 km NW	612	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Servant	56	477 km NW	806	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Plusquellec	22	566 km NW	559	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 54 %
Ordiarp	64	347 km SW	547	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Rodelle	12	85 km S	1,122	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montchenu	26	210 km E	605	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rodelle	12	85 km S	1,122	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montchenu	26	210 km E	605	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ordiarp	64	347 km SW	547	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Servant	56	477 km NW	806	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Le Saint	56	552 km NW	612	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Plusquellec	22	566 km NW	559	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 54 %

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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 Le Vigean'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
Hambers	53	397 km NW	624	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bruyères	61	418 km N	494	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-sur-Loire	58	254 km N	785	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Taussac	12	50 km SE	504	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Parly	89	292 km N	817	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Floyon	59	548 km N	505	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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