Bellevue-la-Montagne

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43026

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

Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellevue-la-Montagne (INSEE 43026) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 461 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,925 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.45	10	4.47
Housing mix	0.3	5	1.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUX PETITS OIGNONS). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELLEVUE LA MONTAGNE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DES VOYAGEURS). ^[4,3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	AUX PETITS OIGNONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BELLEVUE LA MONTAGNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL DES VOYAGEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 687 2023: 461 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 454 (2012) → 461 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 487 (1990) → 461 (2023): -5.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 422, of which 35.1 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km NGP — 7.8 km SEPharmacy — 7.9 km SEFood shop — 8.0 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 (Chomelix): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vorey): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vorey): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vorey): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bellevue-la-Montagne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5

Days at or below 0 °C 129.6▸

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FELINES_SAPC weather station, 7.9 km away at 1,014 m; the village itself is at 974 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FIX-ST-GENEYS, 14.7 km away at 1,102 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 128 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 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHOMELIX, 4.2 km away at 886 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 — 43026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43267
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43026
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
Saint-André-de-Najac	12	181 km SW	456	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 16 %
Sauvessanges	63	20 km N	531	25	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Arlebosc	07	68 km E	380	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Méasnes	23	207 km NW	522	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Thury	89	266 km N	418	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Lurs	04	215 km SE	385	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sauvessanges	63	20 km N	531	25	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Arlebosc	07	68 km E	380	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Najac	12	181 km SW	456	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 16 %
Méasnes	23	207 km NW	522	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Lurs	04	215 km SE	385	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Thury	89	266 km N	418	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 12 % · 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 Bellevue-la-Montagne'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
Rimeize	48	64 km SW	623	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Monlet	43	8.3 km W	402	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès	07	64 km S	406	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Venteuges	43	36 km SW	341	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Caille	06	281 km SE	441	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rocles	48	56 km S	249	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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