Pinols

Haute-Loire · CC des Rives du Haut Allier · INSEE 43151

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

Few services 27.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pinols (INSEE 43151) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 181 (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/43151-pinols

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 15,351 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.06	10	0.64
Housing mix	0.28	5	1.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE PINOLS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 1 [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	1	PINOLS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE PINOLS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 463 2023: 181 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 223 (2012) → 181 (2023): -18.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 321 (1990) → 181 (2023): -43.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 265, of which 36.2 % second homes and 22.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 8.0 km NEGP — 8.1 km NEPharmacy — 8.4 km NE 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 (Langeac): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pinols): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Langeac): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Langeac): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pinols): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 123.9▸

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 124 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUVERS weather station, 6.6 km away at 1,134 m; the village itself is at 1,017 m. ^[10]

The village sits 117 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 13.8 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 72 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 713 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PINOLS, 0.1 km away at 1,015 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 — 43151/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43151/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43151/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43151/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43151
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
Blismes	58	233 km N	185	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron	04	209 km SE	167	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rouffiac	15	100 km W	181	23.4	Few services	no figures
L'Épine	05	188 km E	200	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
La Chabanne	03	111 km N	169	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Lavoine	03	105 km N	153	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouffiac	15	100 km W	181	23.4	Few services	no figures
Lavoine	03	105 km N	153	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
La Chabanne	03	111 km N	169	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
L'Épine	05	188 km E	200	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron	04	209 km SE	167	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Blismes	58	233 km N	185	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Pinols'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
Rocles	48	48 km SE	249	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Buisson	48	49 km S	221	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sembadel	43	33 km NE	247	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Foncine-le-Bas	39	269 km NE	203	11.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Muret	48	53 km S	193	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Planches-en-Montagne	39	269 km NE	152	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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