Blanzac

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43030

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

Few services 31.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blanzac (INSEE 43030) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 464 (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/43030-blanzac

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,938 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	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LA MAISON DE JULIA). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	1	LA MAISON DE JULIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 195 2023: 464 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 327 (2012) → 464 (2023): 41.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 214 (1990) → 464 (2023): 116.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 5.9 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km NWBakery — 3.7 km NWGP — 3.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km S 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 (Saint-Paulien): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paulien): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Paulien): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Polignac): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Blanzac): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.4

Days at or below 0 °C 82.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE PUY-CHADRAC weather station, 7.2 km away at 714 m; the village itself is at 700 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 7.2 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-PAULIEN, 3.6 km away at 801 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 — 43030/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43030/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43030/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43030/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43030
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
Relevant	01	139 km NE	465	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 55 %
Fougueyrolles	24	289 km W	462	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %
Lunas	24	271 km W	459	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 29 %
Vignes	64	381 km SW	463	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 7 %
Cigogné	37	328 km NW	460	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Maisnières	80	571 km N	472	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Relevant	01	139 km NE	465	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 55 %
Lunas	24	271 km W	459	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 29 %
Fougueyrolles	24	289 km W	462	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %
Cigogné	37	328 km NW	460	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Vignes	64	381 km SW	463	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 7 %
Maisnières	80	571 km N	472	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 32 % · 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 Blanzac'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-Genès-du-Retz	63	117 km NW	471	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Burcin	38	130 km E	430	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ladignac-sur-Rondelles	19	158 km W	404	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Norroy-le-Sec	54	487 km N	431	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Solignat	63	69 km NW	510	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bibost	69	94 km NE	538	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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