Barges

Haute-Loire · CC des Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles · INSEE 43019

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 15.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barges (INSEE 43019) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles. Population 100 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 15.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 10,643 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.52
Housing mix	0.08	5	0.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (L'ANTRELA). ^[4]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE BARGES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ANTRELA	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	POINT LECTURE BARGES	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: 159 2023: 100 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 75 (2012) → 100 (2023): 33.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 105 (1990) → 100 (2023): -4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 45.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.2 km SWPrimary school — 4.6 km WGP — 4.7 km WBakery — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Landos): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paul-de-Tartas): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Landos): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Costaros): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Landos): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 124▸

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 124 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-PAUL-DE-TART weather station, 4.1 km away at 1,146 m; the village itself is at 1,135 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LANDOS-CHARBON, 4.5 km away at 1,148 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-PAUL-DE-TART, 4.1 km away at 1,146 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 — 43019/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43019/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43019/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43019/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43077
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
Baillestavy	66	276 km SW	112	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 3 %
Silvareccio	2B	517 km SE	99	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %
Lespinassière	11	193 km SW	139	20	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Robécourt	88	393 km N	104	15.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve	43	40 km NW	103	14.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Sost	65	341 km SW	97	5.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve	43	40 km NW	103	14.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Lespinassière	11	193 km SW	139	20	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Baillestavy	66	276 km SW	112	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 3 %
Sost	65	341 km SW	97	5.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Robécourt	88	393 km N	104	15.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Silvareccio	2B	517 km SE	99	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Barges'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
Besse	38	181 km E	154	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cerniébaud	39	272 km NE	91	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pradiers	15	90 km NW	81	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Porta	66	306 km SW	94	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Nans	39	271 km NE	100	9.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bief-des-Maisons	39	266 km NE	78	9.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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