Queyrières

Identity

Queyrières (INSEE 43158) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 363 (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/43158-queyrieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 18,039 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

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

1 × Restaurant (MEYGAL PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 313 (2012) → 363 (2023): 16 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 232 (1990) → 363 (2023): 56.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 275, of which 34.5 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Hostien): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Pertuis): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Yssingeaux): 8.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Queyrières): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LE PERTUIS_SAPC weather station, 4.1 km away at 1,020 m; the village itself is at 1,144 m. ^[13]

The village sits 124 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LE PERTUIS_SAPC, 4.1 km away at 1,020 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 124 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 919 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LE PERTUIS_SAPC, 4.1 km away at 1,020 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43158/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43158/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43158/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43158/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43194
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43150
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43200
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43268
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43158
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024