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Lissac

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43122

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 15.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lissac (INSEE 43122) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 294 (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/43122-lissac

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 17,792 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.79107.89
Housing mix0.7453.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE BIBLIOTHEQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (UN HAIR D'ISA). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE BIBLIOTHEQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1UN HAIR D'ISAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 305 2023: 294 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 264 (2012) → 294 (2023): 11.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 228 (1990) → 294 (2023): 28.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 12.9 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.9 km NW (Vernassal)GP — 3.1 km E (Saint-Paulien)Food shop — 3.4 km SW (Vazeilles-Limandre)Bakery — 3.5 km E (Saint-Paulien)Pharmacy — 8.5 km NW (Allègre)
Primary school — 2.9 km NWGP — 3.1 km EFood shop — 3.4 km SWBakery — 3.5 km EPharmacy — 8.5 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 (Saint-Paulien): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vazeilles-Limandre): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Paulien): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Allègre): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Vernassal): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 102 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LE PUY-LOUDES weather station, 6.5 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 838 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 6.5 km away at 831 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ST-PAULIEN, 3.6 km away at 801 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43122/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43122/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43122/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43122/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43216
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43254
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43003
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43259
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Gaudent86292 km NW30310.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Vez60463 km N28513.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 30 %
Arcis-le-Ponsart51456 km N28513.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Heurteauville76529 km NW28413No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Mazerier03119 km N31712.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Villarzel-Cabardès11231 km SW27618.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mazerier03119 km N31712.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Villarzel-Cabardès11231 km SW27618.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Gaudent86292 km NW30310.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Arcis-le-Ponsart51456 km N28513.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Vez60463 km N28513.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 30 %
Heurteauville76529 km NW28413No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · 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 Lissac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charmoille25324 km NE31713.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ageville52353 km N29010No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-sur-l'Ain39235 km NE21718.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lemuy39260 km NE2558.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Baume74255 km NE32015.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vers-en-Montagne39250 km NE23510.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %