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Moudeyres

Haute-Loire · CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal · INSEE 43144

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

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moudeyres (INSEE 43144) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 115 (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/43144-moudeyres

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 11,821 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
Social0.752014.97
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.54105.36
Housing mix0.4152.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

2 × Restaurant (LA CHAUMIERE DES BARTHES · LA CHAUMIERE GOURMANDE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE LE PRÉ BOSSU). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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]
Restaurant2LA CHAUMIERE DES BARTHES · LA CHAUMIERE GOURMANDEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1HOSTELLERIE LE PRÉ BOSSUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 183 2023: 115 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 104 (2012) → 115 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 111 (1990) → 115 (2023): 3.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 82, of which 29.3 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.6 km SW (Freycenet-la-Tour)Bakery — 4.0 km NW (Laussonne)Primary school — 4.1 km NE (Saint-Front)GP — 8.3 km W (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille)Pharmacy — 8.5 km W (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille)
Food shop — 3.6 km SWBakery — 4.0 km NWPrimary school — 4.1 km NEGP — 8.3 km WPharmacy — 8.5 km W 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 (Laussonne): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Freycenet-la-Tour): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille): 8.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille): 8.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Front): 4.1 km to the north-east (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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ESTABLES.SA weather station, 6.5 km away at 1,486 m; the village itself is at 1,164 m. [12]

The village sits 322 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. [12]

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

Humidity measured at ESTABLES.SA, 6.5 km away at 1,486 m, over 15 summers. [12]

That station sits 322 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,178 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ESTABLES.SA, 6.5 km away at 1,486 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 — 43144/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43144/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43144/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43144/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43115
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43098
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43135
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43186
  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
Tréhorenteuc56595 km NW11124.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei61495 km NW11023.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrecourt70320 km N10320.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Belval88445 km NE14823.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Chazeaux0743 km SE13431Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Albières11258 km SW11721.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 1 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chazeaux0743 km SE13431Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Albières11258 km SW11721.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 1 % · humidity 71 %
Pierrecourt70320 km N10320.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Belval88445 km NE14823.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei61495 km NW11023.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Tréhorenteuc56595 km NW11124.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 22 % · 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 Moudeyres'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
Choux39198 km NE13916.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Freney73200 km E1166.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ordonnaz01149 km NE15111.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Doye39250 km NE11015.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Freycenet-la-Tour433.7 km SW11720.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gillois39247 km NE12411No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %