Chanteuges
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chanteuges (INSEE 43056) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. 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/43056-chanteuges
Vitality score
Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.72 |
| Housing mix | 0.47 | 5 | 2.37 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOU'BOULANGERIE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE CHANTEUGES). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE BIBLIOTHEQUE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (ANGELE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE CHANTEUGES). [3]
1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | BOU'BOULANGERIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | AUBERGE DE CHANTEUGES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE BIBLIOTHEQUE | 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 | ANGELE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | AUBERGE DE CHANTEUGES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Campsite | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 447 (2012) → 403 (2023): -9.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 376 (1990) → 403 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 358, of which 26.3 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chanteuges): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Langeac): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Langeac): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Langeac): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Langeac): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MAZEYRAT D'AL weather station, 3.8 km away at 538 m; the village itself is at 528 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 11.9 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. [10]
That station sits 417 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 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MAZEYRAT D'AL, 3.8 km away at 538 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43056/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43056/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43056/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43056/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43056
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43112
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eus | 66 | 283 km S | 386 | 34.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 % |
| Peigney | 52 | 342 km NE | 381 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valvignères | 07 | 104 km SE | 440 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 % |
| Plorec-sur-Arguenon | 22 | 583 km NW | 467 | 27.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dompierre-sur-Charente | 17 | 322 km W | 477 | 39.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 % |
| Argens-Minervois | 11 | 213 km S | 395 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valvignères | 07 | 104 km SE | 440 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 % |
| Argens-Minervois | 11 | 213 km S | 395 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 % |
| Eus | 66 | 283 km S | 386 | 34.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 % |
| Dompierre-sur-Charente | 17 | 322 km W | 477 | 39.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 % |
| Peigney | 52 | 342 km NE | 381 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plorec-sur-Arguenon | 22 | 583 km NW | 467 | 27.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 12 % · 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 Chanteuges'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamalières-sur-Loire | 43 | 38 km E | 506 | 50.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laissey | 25 | 323 km NE | 438 | 37.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nances | 73 | 186 km E | 554 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Venise | 25 | 321 km NE | 518 | 33.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Essertenne-et-Cecey | 70 | 299 km NE | 427 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Romeyer | 26 | 151 km E | 233 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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