Lavaudieu

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43117

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

No daily shops 19.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavaudieu (INSEE 43117) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 243 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/43117-lavaudieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,055 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.52	10	5.21
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (BOUBON DANIEL EURL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	2	BOUBON DANIEL EURL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 242 peak 2017: 243 2023: 243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 228 (2012) → 243 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 238 (1990) → 243 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 20.6 % second homes and 20.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.9 km WPrimary school — 3.7 km NEFood shop — 3.8 km NWGP — 5.9 km NWPharmacy — 6.3 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 (Vieille-Brioude): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontannes): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brioude): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Brioude): 6.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Javaugues): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 5 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 479 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 5 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 607 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FONTANNES, 5 km away at 435 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43117/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43117/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43117/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43117/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43105
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
Saint-Amand-de-Vergt	24	218 km W	242	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Albignac	19	140 km W	236	15.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais	16	265 km W	241	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Beaumont-Village	37	274 km NW	239	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
La Chapelle-Souëf	61	404 km NW	246	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 55 %
Brèches	37	348 km NW	239	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Albignac	19	140 km W	236	15.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amand-de-Vergt	24	218 km W	242	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais	16	265 km W	241	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Beaumont-Village	37	274 km NW	239	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Brèches	37	348 km NW	239	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Souëf	61	404 km NW	246	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 55 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Lavaudieu'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
Chenailler-Mascheix	19	129 km W	215	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sauvat	15	79 km W	219	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bellaffaire	04	234 km SE	159	11.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ratières	26	119 km E	275	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Domeyrat	43	4.0 km SE	176	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montmurat	15	121 km SW	134	11.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43117-lavaudieu