Blassac
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Blassac (INSEE 43031) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 126 (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/43031-blassac
Vitality score
Vitality score 7.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 6 % of the 12,633 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.69 |
| Housing mix | 0.27 | 5 | 1.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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
| 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] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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 | 1 | 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
Population 154 (2012) → 126 (2023): -18.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 130 (1990) → 126 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 132, of which 36.4 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the MAZEYRAT D'AL weather station, 11.8 km away at 538 m; the village itself is at 530 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 14.5 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 95 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 631 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LAVOUTE-CHILHAC, 1.8 km away at 491 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 — 43031/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43031/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43031/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43031/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43118
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauficel | 50 | 517 km NW | 122 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| Badailhac | 15 | 67 km SW | 129 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sceau-Saint-Angel | 24 | 215 km W | 125 | 8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Plantis | 61 | 445 km NW | 125 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tersannes | 87 | 217 km NW | 126 | 3.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Géfosse-Fontenay | 14 | 577 km NW | 129 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badailhac | 15 | 67 km SW | 129 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sceau-Saint-Angel | 24 | 215 km W | 125 | 8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tersannes | 87 | 217 km NW | 126 | 3.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Plantis | 61 | 445 km NW | 125 | 7.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beauficel | 50 | 517 km NW | 122 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| Géfosse-Fontenay | 14 | 577 km NW | 129 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 0 % |
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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 Blassac'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-Martial-Entraygues | 19 | 112 km W | 106 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nieudan | 15 | 93 km W | 109 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Truinas | 26 | 148 km SE | 145 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-Cantalès | 15 | 96 km W | 127 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cornillac | 26 | 176 km SE | 91 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellaffaire | 04 | 234 km E | 159 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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