Chamalières-sur-Loire
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chamalières-sur-Loire (INSEE 43049) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 506 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 50.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 17,753 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.91 | 20 | 18.15 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.14 |
| Housing mix | 0.3 | 5 | 1.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (CHEZ SIMONE · LE MEDIEVAL). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE MEDIEVAL). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAMALIERES SUR LOIRE RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE SAINT-JACQUES). [3]
1 × Campsite (COSYCAMP). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | CHEZ SIMONE · LE MEDIEVAL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE MEDIEVAL | INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | CHAMALIERES SUR LOIRE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE SAINT-JACQUES | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | COSYCAMP | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 482 (2012) → 506 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 385 (1990) → 506 (2023): 31.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 437, of which 34.8 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chamalières-sur-Loire): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Retournac): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Retournac): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vorey): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Chamalières-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the TIRANGES weather station, 7.5 km away at 603 m; the village itself is at 524 m. [11]
The village sits 79 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 PERTUIS_SAPC, 12.9 km away at 1,020 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 496 m above 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 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at RETOURNAC, 3.5 km away at 535 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 — 43049/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43049/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43049/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43049/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43049
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43162
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43267
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puyméras | 84 | 137 km SE | 585 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allemagne-en-Provence | 04 | 225 km SE | 544 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Mards-en-Othe | 10 | 331 km N | 635 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chanaz | 73 | 156 km NE | 551 | 54.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 50 % |
| Bédouès-Cocurès | 48 | 99 km S | 457 | 44.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaulieu | 07 | 96 km S | 544 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu | 07 | 96 km S | 544 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bédouès-Cocurès | 48 | 99 km S | 457 | 44.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Puyméras | 84 | 137 km SE | 585 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chanaz | 73 | 156 km NE | 551 | 54.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 50 % |
| Allemagne-en-Provence | 04 | 225 km SE | 544 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Mards-en-Othe | 10 | 331 km N | 635 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Chamalières-sur-Loire'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cevins | 73 | 198 km E | 706 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chanteuges | 43 | 38 km W | 403 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Luzenac | 09 | 324 km SW | 512 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-d'Aurac | 43 | 35 km W | 469 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crots | 05 | 210 km E | 1,195 | 47.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montgardin | 05 | 192 km E | 481 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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