Boisset

Haute-Loire · CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron · INSEE 43034

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

Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boisset (INSEE 43034) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. Population 394 (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/43034-boisset

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 18,017 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.41	5	2.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (L'EVEIL DES DELICES · PIZZA 500). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ALTITUDE 43). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (JO COUPE CREATION · SAVON & COSMETO). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	3	L'EVEIL DES DELICES · PIZZA 500	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ALTITUDE 43	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)	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	JO COUPE CREATION · SAVON & COSMETO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 314 2023: 394 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 315 (2012) → 394 (2023): 25.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 194 (1990) → 394 (2023): 103.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 29.7 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km SWFood shop — 4.2 km NWGP — 4.2 km NWPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Saint-Julien-d'Ance): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Boisset): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 77.8

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-PAL-DE-CHALENCON weather station, 2.7 km away at 960 m; the village itself is at 892 m. ^[11]

The village sits 68 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 MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE, 19.5 km away at 777 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 115 m below 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 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-PAL-DE-CHALENCON, 2.7 km away at 960 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 — 43034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43212
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43034
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
Fuilla	66	333 km SW	435	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières	73	181 km E	410	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Veuil	36	275 km NW	379	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Helléan	56	574 km NW	395	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Vallabrix	30	146 km S	414	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
La Vernaz	74	231 km NE	280	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vallabrix	30	146 km S	414	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières	73	181 km E	410	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Vernaz	74	231 km NE	280	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Veuil	36	275 km NW	379	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Fuilla	66	333 km SW	435	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Helléan	56	574 km NW	395	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · 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 Boisset'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
Belsentes	07	59 km SE	538	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Dullin	73	140 km E	497	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Roche	63	101 km NW	499	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Baudoncourt	70	327 km NE	482	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Celle-en-Morvan	71	189 km N	452	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pranles	07	77 km SE	499	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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