Araules

Haute-Loire · CC des Sucs · INSEE 43007

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 57.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Araules (INSEE 43007) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Sucs. Population 620 (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/43007-araules

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,902 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.42
Housing mix	0.13	5	0.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TRADITIONS FERMIERES). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (REGAL PIZZA · RELAIS DU TESTAVOYRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DES SUCS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	TRADITIONS FERMIERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	2	REGAL PIZZA · RELAIS DU TESTAVOYRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CAFE DES SUCS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [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	ARAULES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 865 2023: 620 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 610 (2012) → 620 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 595 (1990) → 620 (2023): 4.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 578, of which 43.3 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.0 km SWGP — 2.5 km EPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Araules): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Araules): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Jeures): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Yssingeaux): 7.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Araules): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.4

Days at or below 0 °C 113.1▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the YSSINGEAUX weather station, 6.2 km away at 873 m; the village itself is at 1,039 m. ^[11]

The village sits 166 m above 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 LE PERTUIS_SAPC, 8.8 km away at 1,020 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at YSSINGEAUX, 6.2 km away at 873 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43007/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43007/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43007/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43007/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43199
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43268
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
Arvieu	12	156 km SW	774	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 9 %
Brassy	58	242 km N	603	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	160 km W	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle	24	240 km W	451	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-de-Calberte	48	101 km S	456	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Viala-du-Tarn	12	153 km SW	529	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-de-Calberte	48	101 km S	456	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Viala-du-Tarn	12	153 km SW	529	47.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Arvieu	12	156 km SW	774	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 9 %
Saint-Constant-Fournoulès	15	160 km W	579	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle	24	240 km W	451	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Brassy	58	242 km N	603	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Araules'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
Saint-Privat-d'Allier	43	40 km W	394	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urcize	15	102 km SW	475	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Caille	06	250 km SE	441	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chomelix	43	33 km NW	457	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Talizat	15	89 km W	592	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pradelles	43	42 km SW	531	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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