Vitrac

Cantal · CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne · INSEE 15264

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vitrac (INSEE 15264) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 268 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,504 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.41	10	4.12
Housing mix	0.37	5	1.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VITRAC AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA TOMETTE). ^[4,3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VITRAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	RELAIS-LECTURE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DE LA TOMETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 409 2023: 268 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 269 (2012) → 268 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 294 (1990) → 268 (2023): -8.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 31.4 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SEFood shop — 4.7 km NGP — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 7.8 km NW 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 (Marcolès): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Rouget-Pers): 7.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vitrac): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.6

Days at or below 0 °C 70

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the AURILLAC weather station, 11.8 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 587 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at AURILLAC, 11.8 km away at 632 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 1,251 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST MAMET, 4.9 km away at 740 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 — 15264/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b4146e3c-d7f2-3af7-bdf1-fff75d4a4d65— “Marché hebdomadaire de Vitrac”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15264/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15264/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15264/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15196
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15268
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15264
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
Lachaux	63	165 km NE	273	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois	23	146 km N	275	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Biches	58	265 km N	240	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Laprugne	03	171 km NE	308	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnefont	65	235 km SW	314	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Floret	63	103 km NE	243	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Floret	63	103 km NE	243	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois	23	146 km N	275	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Lachaux	63	165 km NE	273	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Laprugne	03	171 km NE	308	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnefont	65	235 km SW	314	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Biches	58	265 km N	240	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Vitrac'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
Manlay	21	301 km NE	199	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Comelle	71	268 km NE	248	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Palisse	19	68 km N	224	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux	71	264 km NE	232	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Cheissoux	87	125 km NW	231	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Agnon	63	138 km NE	361	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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