Alleyrac
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 21.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Alleyrac (INSEE 43004) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 117 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 11,932 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.07 |
| Housing mix | 0.03 | 5 | 0.13 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'ECOLE SDDS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (L'ECOLE). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 1 | L'ECOLE SDDS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | L'ECOLE | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 | 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
Population 117 (2012) → 117 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 129 (1990) → 117 (2023): -9.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 48.7 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Martin-de-Fugères): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-Fugères): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille): 5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Fugères): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 105 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LANDOS-CHARBON weather station, 11.8 km away at 1,148 m; the village itself is at 1,078 m. [10]
The village sits 70 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LANDOS-CHARBON, 11.8 km away at 1,148 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 70 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 930 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ALLEYRAC, 0.2 km away at 1,050 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 — 43004/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43004/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43004/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43004/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43210
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43135
- 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 Bosc | 09 | 296 km SW | 113 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Freycenet-la-Cuche | 43 | 8.0 km E | 105 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Manso | 2B | 478 km SE | 116 | 19.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Séniergues | 46 | 194 km W | 146 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ferrassières | 26 | 145 km SE | 122 | 26 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brezons | 15 | 93 km W | 177 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freycenet-la-Cuche | 43 | 8.0 km E | 105 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brezons | 15 | 93 km W | 177 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ferrassières | 26 | 145 km SE | 122 | 26 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Séniergues | 46 | 194 km W | 146 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bosc | 09 | 296 km SW | 113 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Manso | 2B | 478 km SE | 116 | 19.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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 Alleyrac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freycenet-la-Cuche | 43 | 8.0 km E | 105 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Arcons-de-Barges | 43 | 7.5 km SW | 119 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Féniers | 23 | 174 km NW | 111 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pal-de-Senouire | 43 | 49 km NW | 108 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 15 | 107 km W | 99 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chambon-sur-Dolore | 63 | 74 km NW | 141 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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