Bains

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43018

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

Partly served 48.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bains (INSEE 43018) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 1,378 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/43018-bains

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 12,200 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DU PELERIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE SARAH). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SNC VERMOYAL-BRIVADIS · PIZZA ROMA · PIZZA GUEZ). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (IONELA PAMINT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BAINS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (IMAGIN'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DU PELERIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE SARAH	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	4	SNC VERMOYAL-BRIVADIS · PIZZA ROMA · PIZZA GUEZ	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	IONELA PAMINT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BAINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BAINS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	IMAGIN'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 859 2023: 1,378 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,308 (2012) → 1,378 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 917 (1990) → 1,378 (2023): 50.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 743, of which 9.4 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.8 km E 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 (Bains): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bains): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bains): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bains): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bains): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.1

Days at or below 0 °C 117.5▸

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 118 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE PUY-LOUDES weather station, 7.3 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 977 m. ^[9]

The village sits 146 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 7.3 km away at 831 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 146 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 7.3 km away at 831 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43018
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
Perpezac-le-Noir	19	178 km W	1,270	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Dignac	16	280 km W	1,362	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Villebrumier	82	221 km SW	1,348	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 4 % · humidity 57 %
Villefranche-d'Allier	03	170 km NW	1,238	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Broût-Vernet	03	137 km N	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Civaux	86	289 km NW	1,210	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Broût-Vernet	03	137 km N	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Villefranche-d'Allier	03	170 km NW	1,238	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Perpezac-le-Noir	19	178 km W	1,270	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Villebrumier	82	221 km SW	1,348	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 4 % · humidity 57 %
Dignac	16	280 km W	1,362	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Civaux	86	289 km NW	1,210	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Bains'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
Merlines	19	125 km NW	741	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Allègre	43	22 km N	922	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Plateau-des-Petites-Roches	38	169 km E	2,433	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefontaine-les-Varans	25	325 km NE	1,356	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jeures	43	35 km E	1,015	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Cluse-et-Mijoux	25	289 km NE	1,310	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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