Lorlanges

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43123

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

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lorlanges (INSEE 43123) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 425 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,983 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LORLANGES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LORLANGES	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 284 2023: 425 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 336 (2012) → 425 (2023): 26.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 230 (1990) → 425 (2023): 84.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 227, of which 11.5 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.4 km NEFood shop — 4.6 km NEPharmacy — 4.6 km NEBakery — 5.3 km N 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 (Lempdes-sur-Allagnon): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lorlanges): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUTRAC weather station, 10.5 km away at 807 m; the village itself is at 591 m. ^[11]

The village sits 216 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, 12.7 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 156 m below 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 670 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STE-FLORINE, 8.2 km away at 450 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 — 43123/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43123/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43123/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43123/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43123
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
Almont-les-Junies	12	112 km SW	437	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Chalais	24	184 km W	405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Petit-Auverné	44	431 km NW	434	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Perpezat	63	54 km NW	420	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Aurouër	03	150 km N	400	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Trézioux	63	46 km N	502	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trézioux	63	46 km N	502	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Perpezat	63	54 km NW	420	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Almont-les-Junies	12	112 km SW	437	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Aurouër	03	150 km N	400	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Chalais	24	184 km W	405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Petit-Auverné	44	431 km NW	434	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %

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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 Lorlanges'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
Chalais	24	184 km W	405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Quézac	15	107 km SW	344	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie	24	179 km W	520	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Arronnes	03	84 km N	378	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sylvestre	07	122 km E	513	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chazemais	03	140 km NW	504	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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