Grazac

Haute-Loire · CC des Sucs · INSEE 43102

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

Partly served 44.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grazac (INSEE 43102) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Sucs. Population 1,152 (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/43102-grazac

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 13,490 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.09

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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NATH'ALIMENTATION). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DE LA CHAPELETTE · LA PASSERELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRAZAC). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE D ANIMATION CULTUREL ET SPORTIF). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFF'HOUSE · COIFF'HAIR ?). ^[3,4]

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)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	NATH'ALIMENTATION	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	2	RESTAURANT DE LA CHAPELETTE · LA PASSERELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	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	GRAZAC RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRAZAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	CENTRE D ANIMATION CULTUREL ET SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	COIFF'HOUSE · COIFF'HAIR ?	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 682 2023: 1,152 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,034 (2012) → 1,152 (2023): 11.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 1,152 (2023): 83.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 635, of which 19.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.7 km EPharmacy — 5.8 km NW 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 (Grazac): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grazac): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lapte): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Grazac): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.6

Days at or below 0 °C 86.4

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the YSSINGEAUX weather station, 7.1 km away at 873 m; the village itself is at 792 m. ^[11]

The village sits 81 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 LE PERTUIS_SAPC, 13.5 km away at 1,020 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 228 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 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at YSSINGEAUX-VERS, 2.7 km away at 730 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 — 43102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43114
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43211
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
Port-d'Envaux	17	386 km W	1,188	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 57 %
La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire	85	425 km NW	1,100	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Entrechaux	84	131 km SE	1,177	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Pléhédel	22	671 km NW	1,306	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-en-Revermont	71	187 km NE	1,152	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Béganne	56	561 km NW	1,493	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Entrechaux	84	131 km SE	1,177	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-en-Revermont	71	187 km NE	1,152	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Port-d'Envaux	17	386 km W	1,188	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 57 %
La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire	85	425 km NW	1,100	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Béganne	56	561 km NW	1,493	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Pléhédel	22	671 km NW	1,306	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 12 % · 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 Grazac'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
Bromont-Lamothe	63	129 km NW	1,032	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Arsac-en-Velay	43	29 km SW	1,219	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Brullioles	69	69 km N	821	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz	73	135 km E	1,107	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vers	74	175 km NE	975	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Valla-en-Gier	42	37 km NE	1,140	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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