Fay-sur-Lignon

Haute-Loire · CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal · INSEE 43092

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fay-sur-Lignon (INSEE 43092) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 335 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43092-fay-sur-lignon

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 18,043 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.26	10	2.6
Housing mix	0.32	5	1.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAS CORALIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LE FROMAGOSAURE). ^[4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ YVAN ET MARIE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AGNÈS AUBRY, MÉDECIN · GUY RUEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA FERME DE MATHIAS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	MAS CORALIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LE FROMAGOSAURE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	CHEZ YVAN ET MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	AGNÈS AUBRY, MÉDECIN · GUY RUEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA FERME DE MATHIAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Sunday matin (seasonal). No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 621 2023: 335 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 395 (2012) → 335 (2023): -15.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 441 (1990) → 335 (2023): -24 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 33.9 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 10.3 km NE 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 (Fay-sur-Lignon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Fay-sur-Lignon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fay-sur-Lignon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Chambon-sur-Lignon): 10.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fay-sur-Lignon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 97.6▸

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAZET-VOLAMONT weather station, 4.5 km away at 1,130 m; the village itself is at 1,169 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MAZET-VOLAMONT, 4.5 km away at 1,130 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 961 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAZET-VOLAMONT, 4.5 km away at 1,130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43092/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.faysurlignon.fr/index.php/gallery/foires-marches.html— “mercredi matin toute l'année + dimanche matin en période estivale”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43092/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43092/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43092/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43051
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
Coupiac	12	174 km SW	353	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 30 %
Charroux	03	157 km NW	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
La Motte-Chalancon	26	107 km SE	395	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-l'Herm	63	75 km NW	482	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Recey-sur-Ource	21	315 km N	334	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 26 %
Chézery-Forens	01	188 km NE	433	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-l'Herm	63	75 km NW	482	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Chalancon	26	107 km SE	395	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Charroux	03	157 km NW	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Coupiac	12	174 km SW	353	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 30 %
Chézery-Forens	01	188 km NE	433	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Recey-sur-Ource	21	315 km N	334	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 26 %

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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 Fay-sur-Lignon'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-Germain-l'Herm	63	75 km NW	482	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bouchoux	39	191 km NE	315	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Queyrières	43	14 km NW	363	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lalouvesc	07	28 km NE	388	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Nasbinals	48	100 km W	571	74	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Septmoncel les Molunes	39	202 km NE	812	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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