Chaudeyrolles

Identity

Chaudeyrolles (INSEE 43066) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 129 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/43066-chaudeyrolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 12,827 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

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

3 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DU MEZENC · LA TABLE DE VALLES · JEAN LE DINDON). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 101 (2012) → 129 (2023): 27.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 110 (1990) → 129 (2023): 17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 42.6 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fay-sur-Lignon): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fay-sur-Lignon): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fay-sur-Lignon): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-de-Valamas): 13 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fay-sur-Lignon): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ESTABLES.SA weather station, 5.7 km away at 1,486 m; the village itself is at 1,287 m. ^[10]

The village sits 199 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 ESTABLES.SA, 5.7 km away at 1,486 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 199 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 1,178 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ESTABLES.SA, 5.7 km away at 1,486 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 102,000 € — 1,600 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Haute-Loire is 1,165 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43066/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43066/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43066/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43066/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43092
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07269
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025