Chadrac

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43046

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

Served 63.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chadrac (INSEE 43046) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 2,542 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/43046-chadrac

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 8,157 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.78	10	7.75
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DROLE DE B · AUX DELICES DE MARIE ET JULIEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHRACUTERIE CHRISTOPHE LI · BOUCHERIE MARAKECH). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L Y S E). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CHADRAC DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AU P'TIT BONHEUR · PIZZA MAX · CAFE RESTO LE CHALET). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR DES ELFES). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE HENRI GALLIEN). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE CHEMIN DES LUTINS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI GALLIEN). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE LE CHEMIN DES LUTINS). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAUL GHILEA, MÉDECIN · BERTRAND NAVARRO, MÉDECIN · DENIS PIGEON, MÉDECIN · PAULINE ESBELIN, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE CHARBONNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA RENAISSANCE · PHARMACIE GARNIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHADRAC). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SALON RENAISSANCE · DESIGN'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DROLE DE B · AUX DELICES DE MARIE ET JULIEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CHRACUTERIE CHRISTOPHE LI · BOUCHERIE MARAKECH	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L Y S E	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · CHADRAC DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	AU P'TIT BONHEUR · PIZZA MAX · CAFE RESTO LE CHALET	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BAR DES ELFES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE HENRI GALLIEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE CHEMIN DES LUTINS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI GALLIEN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE LE CHEMIN DES LUTINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	PAUL GHILEA, MÉDECIN · BERTRAND NAVARRO, MÉDECIN · DENIS PIGEON, MÉDECIN · PAULINE ESBELIN, MÉDECIN · CYRILLE CHARBONNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE LA RENAISSANCE · PHARMACIE GARNIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHADRAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SALON RENAISSANCE · DESIGN'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,638 peak 1990: 3,075 2023: 2,542 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,654 (2012) → 2,542 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,075 (1990) → 2,542 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,367, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Chadrac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Chadrac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chadrac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chadrac): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chadrac): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.9

Days at or below 0 °C 75.4

Muggy days a summer 0

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE PUY-CHADRAC weather station, 1 km away at 714 m; the village itself is at 643 m. ^[10]

The village sits 71 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 1 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 71 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 615 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 1 km away at 714 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/12f4b962-5038-3d73-a647-878d32594def— “Vous trouverez toujours des excuses pour venir flâner dans les rues de Chadrac, le dimanche matin, jour de marché.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43046
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
École-Valentin	25	293 km NE	2,579	65.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Tourville-la-Rivière	76	519 km NW	2,596	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Nivolas-Vermelle	38	123 km NE	2,706	62.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Chocques	62	617 km N	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément	89	354 km N	2,849	64.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Thiant	59	584 km N	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nivolas-Vermelle	38	123 km NE	2,706	62.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
École-Valentin	25	293 km NE	2,579	65.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément	89	354 km N	2,849	64.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Tourville-la-Rivière	76	519 km NW	2,596	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Thiant	59	584 km N	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Chocques	62	617 km N	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · 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 Chadrac'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
Espaly-Saint-Marcel	43	3.3 km SW	3,585	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brives-Charensac	43	2.4 km SE	4,244	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres	10	361 km N	3,223	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Neuf-Brisach	68	430 km NE	1,895	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Champforgeuil	71	209 km N	2,637	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Volgelsheim	68	431 km NE	2,720	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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