Loudes

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43124

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

Partly served 53.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Loudes (INSEE 43124) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 944 (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/43124-loudes

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 14,691 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.72	10	7.23
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LM). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE LECLERE, MÉDECIN · COSMIN PAP, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LOUDES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LOUDOISE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	BAR DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	SYLVIE LECLERE, MÉDECIN · COSMIN PAP, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LOUDES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LOUDOISE	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	CREA'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 823 2023: 944 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 882 (2012) → 944 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 772 (1990) → 944 (2023): 22.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 615, of which 7.6 % second homes and 19.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 8.8 km E 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 (Loudes): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loudes): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Loudes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Polignac): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Loudes): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.1

Days at or below 0 °C 101.8▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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. ^[10]

Measured at the LE PUY-LOUDES weather station, 2 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 837 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 2 km away at 831 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 2 km away at 831 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43124/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43124/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43124/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43124/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43152
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
Quevauvillers	80	541 km N	1,102	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 32 %
Serqueux	76	532 km N	943	61.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-sur-Seine	10	381 km N	1,089	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon	61	473 km NW	1,055	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauflieu	80	535 km N	976	48.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Azé	71	169 km NE	1,103	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Azé	71	169 km NE	1,103	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Pont-sur-Seine	10	381 km N	1,089	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon	61	473 km NW	1,055	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Serqueux	76	532 km N	943	61.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauflieu	80	535 km N	976	48.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Quevauvillers	80	541 km N	1,102	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 32 %

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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 Loudes'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
La Cluse-et-Mijoux	25	284 km NE	1,310	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Avoudrey	25	308 km NE	982	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne	01	183 km NE	1,023	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet	42	92 km N	1,169	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Jonzieux	42	54 km NE	1,227	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Biesles	52	354 km N	1,342	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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