Alleyras

Identity

Alleyras (INSEE 43005) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles. Population 152 (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/43005-alleyras

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,217 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

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

1 × Restaurant (TERRASSE DE LA CADILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ALLEYRAS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU HAUT ALLIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (NATURECAMP'AU FIL DE L'EAU). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 166 (2012) → 152 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 232 (1990) → 152 (2023): -34.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 69.5 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-Lachalm): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cayres): 10.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-Lachalm): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAUGUES weather station, 12.3 km away at 940 m; the village itself is at 782 m. ^[11]

The village sits 158 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 12.9 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 163 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THORAS, 8.7 km away at 1,019 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 — 43005/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43005/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43005/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43005/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48038
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43198
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43042
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024