Chomelix

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43071

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chomelix (INSEE 43071) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 457 (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/43071-chomelix

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,945 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.72	10	7.15
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DES 2 M). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LARD DU TERROIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MILLESIME). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHOMELIX RP). ^[3]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DES 2 M	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LARD DU TERROIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE MILLESIME	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CHOMELIX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 631 2023: 457 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 488 (2012) → 457 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 376 (1990) → 457 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 30.3 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 7.7 km NFood shop — 7.8 km NPharmacy — 8.1 km N 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 (Chomelix): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Craponne-sur-Arzon): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Craponne-sur-Arzon): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Craponne-sur-Arzon): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chomelix): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.1

Days at or below 0 °C 113.3▸

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FELINES_SAPC weather station, 6.7 km away at 1,014 m; the village itself is at 891 m. ^[10]

The village sits 123 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 FIX-ST-GENEYS, 18.1 km away at 1,102 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 211 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 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHOMELIX, 0.5 km away at 886 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 — 43071/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43071/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43071/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43071/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43080
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
Condat-en-Combraille	63	118 km NW	413	36.2	Few services	no figures
Saint-Urcize	15	90 km SW	475	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fox-Amphoux	83	258 km SE	504	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Charensat	63	123 km NW	470	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Ouroux-en-Morvan	58	214 km N	599	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Lanrivain	22	636 km NW	464	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Urcize	15	90 km SW	475	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Condat-en-Combraille	63	118 km NW	413	36.2	Few services	no figures
Charensat	63	123 km NW	470	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Ouroux-en-Morvan	58	214 km N	599	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Fox-Amphoux	83	258 km SE	504	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Lanrivain	22	636 km NW	464	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Chomelix'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
Saint-Urcize	15	90 km SW	475	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rencurel	38	130 km E	358	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Paulhac	15	78 km W	431	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Champoly	42	66 km N	311	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vollore-Montagne	63	60 km N	312	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Araules	43	33 km SE	620	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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