Chazelles

Identity

Chazelles (INSEE 43068) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 32 (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/43068-chazelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 2,335 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 40 (2012) → 32 (2023): -20 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 32 (1990) → 32 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 35, of which 42.9 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chanteuges): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pinols): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saugues): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Langeac): 9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pinols): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAUGUES-SA weather station, 7.2 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 706 m. ^[12]

The village sits 239 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 7.2 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 239 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PINOLS, 7.1 km away at 1,015 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 57,500 € — 579 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Haute-Loire is 1,165 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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 — 43068/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43068/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43068/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43068/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43056
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43151
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43234
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43112
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025