Monistrol-d'Allier

Identity

Monistrol-d'Allier (INSEE 43136) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 226 (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/43136-monistrol-d-allier

Vitality score

Vitality score 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,695 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.

Services

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

3 × Restaurant (L'ALLIER DES SAVEURS · LES TERRASSES DE L'ALLIER). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONISTROL D ALLIER AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (ZONE DU BORD D ALLIER). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU VIVIER). ^[4,3]

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

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 213 (2012) → 226 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 312 (1990) → 226 (2023): -27.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 46.3 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Privat-d'Allier): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Privat-d'Allier): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saugues): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bains): 11.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Privat-d'Allier): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAUGUES weather station, 8.3 km away at 940 m; the village itself is at 603 m. ^[11]

The village sits 337 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 SAUGUES-SA, 8.3 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 342 m above 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 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUGUES, 8.3 km away at 940 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43136/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43136/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43136/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43136/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43221
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43234
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43018
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024