Lavoûte-Chilhac

Haute-Loire · CC des Rives du Haut Allier · INSEE 43118

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

Partly served 53.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavoûte-Chilhac (INSEE 43118) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 254 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 53.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 17,293 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.39	10	3.88
Housing mix	0.08	5	0.38

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MON BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU PRIEURE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ABDEL-ILLAH AIMED KORTI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOUET BARICAULT FRADIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LAVOUTE CHILHAC AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU PECHEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MON BOULANGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU PRIEURE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ABDEL-ILLAH AIMED KORTI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOUET BARICAULT FRADIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LAVOUTE CHILHAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE PARCHEMIN	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU PECHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Friday, Sunday 17h00 place des Anciens Moulins (seasonal). ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Confirmed by two independent sources: Friday. Reported by one source only: Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 344 2023: 254 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 294 (2012) → 254 (2023): -13.6 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 254 (2023): -11.2 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 346, of which 46.2 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km NE 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 (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.8

Days at or below 0 °C 83.8

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 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAZEYRAT D'AL weather station, 10.4 km away at 538 m; the village itself is at 466 m. ^[11]

The village sits 72 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 FONTANNES, 17 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 631 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAVOUTE-CHILHAC, 1.1 km away at 491 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 — 43118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.lavoute-chilhac.fr/venir-a-lavoute/commerces-restauration/— “Les vendredi à partir de 17h00 toute l'année et le dimanche matin en haute saison”
DATAtourisme 2025-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/15954f8a-ad4c-30f1-b87f-3ae5534ab2bf— “Marchés toute l'année les vendredis à partir de 17h30.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43118
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
Doucier	39	249 km NE	285	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Les Cabannes	09	297 km SW	317	56.6	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française	48	115 km S	493	60	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	54 km NW	328	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Espezel	11	281 km SW	238	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Lucenay-l'Évêque	71	225 km N	333	55	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	63	54 km NW	328	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française	48	115 km S	493	60	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Lucenay-l'Évêque	71	225 km N	333	55	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Doucier	39	249 km NE	285	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Espezel	11	281 km SW	238	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Les Cabannes	09	297 km SW	317	56.6	Partly served	no figures

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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 Lavoûte-Chilhac'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
Calacuccia	2B	549 km SE	272	65.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Luzenac	09	296 km SW	512	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	5.8 km N	280	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chamalières-sur-Loire	43	46 km E	506	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Autrey-lès-Gray	70	306 km NE	398	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sigale	06	316 km SE	204	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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