Fontannes

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43096

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

Partly served 51/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontannes (INSEE 43096) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 875 (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/43096-fontannes

Vitality score

Vitality score 51/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 15,155 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.63	10	6.3
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (FARGET). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA TOURNEE GENERALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FONTANNES AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE AGRICOLE DE BRIOUDE BONNEFOND). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (DOS SANTOS ORLANDE · HAIRSTYLE BUS). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FARGET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA TOURNEE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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	FONTANNES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	LYCEE AGRICOLE DE BRIOUDE BONNEFOND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	DOS SANTOS ORLANDE · HAIRSTYLE BUS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 483 peak 2007: 1,119 2023: 875 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,065 (2012) → 875 (2023): -17.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 774 (1990) → 875 (2023): 13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 565, of which 6.4 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.7 km WPharmacy — 2.9 km W 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 (Fontannes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontannes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brioude): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brioude): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33

Days at or below 0 °C 77.5

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 1.3 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 441 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 1.3 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 607 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTANNES, 1.3 km away at 435 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 — 43096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43040
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
Le Vanneau-Irleau	79	334 km W	860	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Brullioles	69	99 km NE	821	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Pouydesseaux	40	331 km SW	869	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Maison-Rouge	77	364 km N	880	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Catherine	69	96 km E	969	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine	35	485 km NW	1,035	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Catherine	69	96 km E	969	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Brullioles	69	99 km NE	821	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Pouydesseaux	40	331 km SW	869	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Le Vanneau-Irleau	79	334 km W	860	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Maison-Rouge	77	364 km N	880	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine	35	485 km NW	1,035	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Fontannes'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
Cohade	43	6.7 km NW	893	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chignin	73	204 km E	923	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vignieu	38	161 km E	1,024	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Vieille-Brioude	43	3.0 km SW	1,236	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Magnet	03	103 km N	1,053	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Deux Rivières	89	267 km N	1,245	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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