Blavozy
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Blavozy (INSEE 43032) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 1,724 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43032-blavozy
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 66 % of the 10,591 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 | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.98 | 10 | 9.82 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DUMAS). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'ETAPE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (PONT DE SUMENE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ÉRIC BROUILLET, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE JOUVE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MAURIN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BLAVOZY AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE FÉLIX TEMPÈRE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (VERO · A CHACUN SON STYLE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT L'ABRI). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE DUMAS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | L'ETAPE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | PONT DE SUMENE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | ÉRIC BROUILLET, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE JOUVE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE MAURIN | 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 | BLAVOZY AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE FÉLIX TEMPÈRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | VERO · A CHACUN SON STYLE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT L'ABRI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,613 (2012) → 1,724 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,163 (1990) → 1,724 (2023): 48.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 819, of which 2.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Blavozy): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Étienne-Lardeyrol): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Blavozy): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Blavozy): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Blavozy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-JULIEN-CHAP weather station, 6.4 km away at 810 m; the village itself is at 691 m. [11]
The village sits 119 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 6.8 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-JULIEN-CHAP, 6.4 km away at 810 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43032/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/cd8eff14-e8ee-3af9-aee0-b36f7f6a5db0— “Vous trouverez toujours des excuses pour venir flâner dans les rues Blavozy, le dimanche matin, jour de marché.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43032/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43032/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43032/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43032
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43181
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messigny-et-Vantoux | 21 | 273 km N | 1,720 | 47.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Étalans | 25 | 292 km NE | 1,643 | 51.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vic-sur-Aisne | 02 | 488 km N | 1,608 | 49.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 % |
| Thaon | 14 | 575 km NW | 1,894 | 50.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hurigny | 71 | 157 km NE | 1,959 | 52.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Montils | 41 | 341 km NW | 1,945 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 41 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurigny | 71 | 157 km NE | 1,959 | 52.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Messigny-et-Vantoux | 21 | 273 km N | 1,720 | 47.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Étalans | 25 | 292 km NE | 1,643 | 51.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Montils | 41 | 341 km NW | 1,945 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 41 % |
| Vic-sur-Aisne | 02 | 488 km N | 1,608 | 49.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 % |
| Thaon | 14 | 575 km NW | 1,894 | 50.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 14 % · 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 Blavozy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantriac | 43 | 6.5 km S | 1,921 | 56 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaucouleurs | 55 | 415 km N | 1,906 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Clayette | 71 | 140 km N | 1,563 | 60.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vincey | 88 | 407 km NE | 2,053 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset | 69 | 85 km NE | 2,017 | 62.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle | 63 | 97 km N | 1,746 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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