Frugerès-les-Mines

Haute-Loire · CC Auzon Communauté · INSEE 43099

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

Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Frugerès-les-Mines (INSEE 43099) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Auzon Communauté. Population 548 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 17,507 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.66
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE	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: 524 peak 1982: 647 2023: 548 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 527 (2012) → 548 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 567 (1990) → 548 (2023): -3.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 3.4 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km NEGP — 1.6 km SEPharmacy — 1.6 km SEBakery — 1.9 km SE 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 (Vergongheon): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Florine): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vergongheon): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vergongheon): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Frugerès-les-Mines): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 12.9 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 451 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 12.9 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 670 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STE-FLORINE, 2 km away at 450 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 — 43099/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43099/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43099/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43099/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43099
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
Trémont-sur-Saulx	55	397 km N	554	19.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Alaincourt	02	487 km N	517	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Chaignay	21	269 km NE	493	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Marliens	21	249 km NE	607	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Rumigny	80	498 km N	613	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Sacy-le-Petit	60	445 km N	638	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marliens	21	249 km NE	607	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Chaignay	21	269 km NE	493	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Trémont-sur-Saulx	55	397 km N	554	19.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Sacy-le-Petit	60	445 km N	638	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Alaincourt	02	487 km N	517	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Rumigny	80	498 km N	613	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Frugerès-les-Mines'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
Lougres	25	348 km NE	742	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Boussy	74	215 km E	506	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pin	70	291 km NE	732	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lornay	74	210 km E	588	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte	73	221 km E	989	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Siccieu-Saint-Julien-et-Carisieu	38	161 km E	609	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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