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Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43038

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre (INSEE 43038) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 1,075 (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/43038-bournoncle-saint-pierre

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 13,902 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0200
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.58105.81
Housing mix0.8654.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CROQU'EN FERME). [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ABDEL-ILLAH AIMED KORTI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D ARVANT). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (DA ROIT MAGALI · HAIREM COIFFURE · ALZAIS COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1CROQU'EN FERMEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ABDEL-ILLAH AIMED KORTI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE D ARVANTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4DA ROIT MAGALI · HAIREM COIFFURE · ALZAIS COIFFUREINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,142 2023: 1,075 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,007 (2012) → 1,075 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 994 (1990) → 1,075 (2023): 8.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 629, of which 6.8 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.6 km N (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre)Food shop — 2.2 km N (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre)GP — 2.4 km N (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre)Pharmacy — 2.5 km N (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre)Bakery — 3.1 km N (Vergongheon)
Primary school — 1.6 km NFood shop — 2.2 km NGP — 2.4 km NPharmacy — 2.5 km NBakery — 3.1 km N 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 (Vergongheon): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 9.3 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 465 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 9.3 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 634 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BRIOUDE, 6.1 km away at 434 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43038/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43038/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43038/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43038/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43258
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43038
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cocumont47278 km W1,13341.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 %
Clion36240 km NW1,01531.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Prisches59528 km N1,00031.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Jarnac-Champagne17291 km W87860ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 %
Meusnes41254 km NW1,01335.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Maslacq64383 km SW89141.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 30 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Clion36240 km NW1,01531.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Meusnes41254 km NW1,01335.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Cocumont47278 km W1,13341.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 %
Jarnac-Champagne17291 km W87860ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 69 % · humidity 7 %
Maslacq64383 km SW89141.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 30 % · humidity 0 %
Prisches59528 km N1,00031.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · 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 Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aubazines19130 km W85650.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne42115 km NE1,24637.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Vignieu38167 km E1,02432.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Parcey39250 km NE99354.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saignes1566 km W83560.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Fouillade12160 km SW1,12854.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %