Borne

Identity

Borne (INSEE 43036) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 403 (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/43036-borne

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,998 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.

Services

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (UN HAIR DE NATURE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 424 (2012) → 403 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 302 (1990) → 403 (2023): 33.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 8.4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chaspuzac): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paulien): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Paulien): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Polignac): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Borne): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE PUY-LOUDES weather station, 3.9 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 745 m. ^[12]

The village sits 86 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 3.9 km away at 831 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 86 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 3.9 km away at 831 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43036/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43036/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43036/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43036/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43062
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43216
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43152
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43036
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024