Freycenet-la-Tour

Haute-Loire · CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal · INSEE 43098

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Freycenet-la-Tour (INSEE 43098) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 117 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 11,932 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.27	10	2.7
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAISONS NICOLAS FRERES). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT DE LA TOUR). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SALAISONS NICOLAS FRERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	1	BAR RESTAURANT DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 270 2023: 117 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 110 (2012) → 117 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 152 (1990) → 117 (2023): -23 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 128, of which 32.8 % second homes and 16.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 3.6 km NPrimary school — 4.9 km WGP — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Laussonne): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Freycenet-la-Tour): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 91.3

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ESTABLES.SA weather station, 7.9 km away at 1,486 m; the village itself is at 1,114 m. ^[11]

The village sits 372 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ESTABLES.SA, 7.9 km away at 1,486 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 372 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 879 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONASTIER(LE), 6.5 km away at 940 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43098/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43098/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43098/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43098/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43115
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43135
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
Cussac	15	89 km W	117	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières-sous-Bois	89	285 km N	113	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Apremont	08	487 km N	122	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 51 %
Vailhan	34	165 km S	142	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 22 % · humidity 64 %
Sausses	04	239 km SE	131	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 35 %
Foissy-lès-Vézelay	89	279 km N	115	12.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cussac	15	89 km W	117	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Vailhan	34	165 km S	142	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 22 % · humidity 64 %
Sausses	04	239 km SE	131	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 35 %
Foissy-lès-Vézelay	89	279 km N	115	12.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Asnières-sous-Bois	89	285 km N	113	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Apremont	08	487 km N	122	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 51 %

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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 Freycenet-la-Tour'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
L'Échelle	08	542 km N	129	7.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moudeyres	43	3.7 km NE	115	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Choux	39	202 km NE	139	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Freney	73	204 km E	116	6.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Larrivoire	39	206 km NE	112	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Giron	01	196 km NE	174	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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