Montregard

Haute-Loire · CC Haut Pays du Velay · INSEE 43142

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montregard (INSEE 43142) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Haut Pays du Velay. Population 629 (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 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 16,835 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.58	10	5.83
Housing mix	0.52	5	2.6

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PETITE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	3	LA PETITE AUBERGE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH	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	1	MONTREGARD AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MONTREGARD	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 841 2023: 629 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 605 (2012) → 629 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 581 (1990) → 629 (2023): 8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 446, of which 24 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km NWFood shop — 3.9 km NWGP — 3.9 km NWPharmacy — 6.5 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 (Montfaucon-en-Velay): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montfaucon-en-Velay): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montfaucon-en-Velay): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Dunières): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montregard): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.1

Days at or below 0 °C 94.1▸

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-ROMAIN-LACHALM weather station, 11.6 km away at 902 m; the village itself is at 996 m. ^[11]

The village sits 94 m above 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 MAZET-VOLAMONT, 17 km away at 1,130 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 134 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 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TENCE, 7.1 km away at 848 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 — 43142/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43142/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43142/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43142/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43142
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
Dore-l'Église	63	52 km NW	656	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Boffres	07	39 km SE	633	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Marquay	24	253 km W	588	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Ventavon	05	151 km SE	540	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre	23	240 km NW	711	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-aux-Bois	88	354 km NE	675	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boffres	07	39 km SE	633	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Dore-l'Église	63	52 km NW	656	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Ventavon	05	151 km SE	540	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre	23	240 km NW	711	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Marquay	24	253 km W	588	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-aux-Bois	88	354 km NE	675	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · 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 Montregard'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
Le Brignon	43	44 km SW	617	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite	63	120 km NW	327	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois	23	215 km NW	275	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Labrousse	15	146 km W	478	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Anglards-de-Salers	15	150 km W	727	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Roches-lès-Blamont	25	316 km NE	612	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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