Lamothe

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43110

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamothe (INSEE 43110) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 819 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43110-lamothe

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 15,511 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.81	10	8.06
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ANE GRIS). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LAMOTHE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE 12 RUE DE VIALLE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	L'ANE GRIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LAMOTHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE 12 RUE DE VIALLE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 507 peak 2007: 869 2023: 819 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 841 (2012) → 819 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 819 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 487, of which 10.9 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km SBakery — 3.0 km SGP — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 4.2 km SW 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): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontannes): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brioude): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brioude): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lamothe): 0.3 km to the south-west (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, 1.8 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 470 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 1.8 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 607 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTANNES, 1.8 km away at 435 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 — 43110/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43110/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43110/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43110/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43110
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
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 %
May-en-Multien	77	419 km N	877	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve	34	189 km S	947	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %
Ancinnes	72	420 km NW	895	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %
Villemontais	42	84 km NE	1,042	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %
Contrisson	55	405 km N	764	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villemontais	42	84 km NE	1,042	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve	34	189 km S	947	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %
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 %
Contrisson	55	405 km N	764	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
May-en-Multien	77	419 km N	877	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Ancinnes	72	420 km NW	895	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %

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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 Lamothe'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
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 %
Châteauneuf	73	216 km E	901	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cruet	73	209 km E	1,056	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Avre	73	225 km E	925	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Optevoz	38	156 km E	875	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte	73	212 km E	989	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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