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Autrac

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43014

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Autrac (INSEE 43014) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 50 (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/43014-autrac

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 4,828 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.29102.94
Housing mix0.6553.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 75 peak 2012: 79 2023: 50 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 79 (2012) → 50 (2023): -36.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 63 (1990) → 50 (2023): -20.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 40, of which 17.5 % second homes and 22.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.2 km E (Blesle)Bakery — 3.3 km E (Blesle)Pharmacy — 3.4 km SE (Blesle)Primary school — 3.6 km SE (Blesle)GP — 4.5 km SE (Blesle)
Food shop — 3.2 km EBakery — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.4 km SEPrimary school — 3.6 km SEGP — 4.5 km SE 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 (Blesle): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Blesle): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Blesle): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Blesle): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Blesle): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the AUTRAC weather station, 0.1 km away at 807 m; the village itself is at 815 m. [9]

An average of 703 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at AUTRAC, 0.1 km away at 807 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43014/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43014/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43014/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43014/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43033
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Baudignan40280 km SW5012.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 84 %
La Bellière76489 km N508.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Vivey52306 km NE5111No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Sommerance08466 km N507.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Pomy11266 km S517.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 38 %
Montclard4337 km E527.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 19 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montclard4337 km E527.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 19 %
Pomy11266 km S517.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 38 %
Baudignan40280 km SW5012.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 84 %
Vivey52306 km NE5111No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Sommerance08466 km N507.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
La Bellière76489 km N508.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %

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