Retournac

Haute-Loire · CC des Sucs · INSEE 43162

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

Partly served 55.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Retournac (INSEE 43162) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Sucs. Population 3,007 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43162-retournac

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 7,100 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	0.34	25	8.4
Social	0.75	20	14.9
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.82	10	8.25
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TENTATIONS PAINS ET DELICES · L'ILE GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LOUBET ERIC · LA BOUCHE RIT AU PAYS DES SUCS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (NUL BAR AILLEURS · CREP'PIZZ · LE SHARKS · JULIE CUISINE ET CREATION). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE ZIG - ZAG · BOULE AMICALE RETOURNAC · BAR DE LA MAIRIE · LE COMPTOIR DE NOS PERES · LE GERBIZON). ^[4]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE THEODORE MONOD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE COUCOU HIBOU). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE BORIS VIAN). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NATHALIE SIVELLE, MÉDECIN · THOMAS GUYONNET, MÉDECIN · AMÉLIE ARSAC, MÉDECIN · MALLAURY TENVOOREN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA VALLEE DE LA LOIRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (RETOURNAC LA POSTE RELAIS RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ GARNIER). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (TETE EN L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	TENTATIONS PAINS ET DELICES · L'ILE GOURMANDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE LOUBET ERIC · LA BOUCHE RIT AU PAYS DES SUCS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	NUL BAR AILLEURS · CREP'PIZZ · LE SHARKS · JULIE CUISINE ET CREATION	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE ZIG - ZAG · BOULE AMICALE RETOURNAC · BAR DE LA MAIRIE · LE COMPTOIR DE NOS PERES · LE GERBIZON	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE THEODORE MONOD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE COUCOU HIBOU	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE BORIS VIAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	NATHALIE SIVELLE, MÉDECIN · THOMAS GUYONNET, MÉDECIN · AMÉLIE ARSAC, MÉDECIN · MALLAURY TENVOOREN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA VALLEE DE LA LOIRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	RETOURNAC LA POSTE RELAIS RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ GARNIER	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	6	TETE EN L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday matins Places Boncompain et de la République (seasonal). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,600 2023: 3,007 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,788 (2012) → 3,007 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,270 (1990) → 3,007 (2023): 32.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,123, of which 17.5 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.9 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 (Retournac): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Retournac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Retournac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beauzac): 7.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Retournac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.5

Days at or below 0 °C 82.7

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TIRANGES weather station, 7.6 km away at 603 m; the village itself is at 542 m. ^[11]

The village sits 61 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 LE PERTUIS_SAPC, 11.9 km away at 1,020 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 478 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 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RETOURNAC, 0.2 km away at 535 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.ville-retournac.fr/marche-mairie-retournac-43— “Tous les mercredis matins sur les Places Boncompain et de la République”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43025
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
Équihen-Plage	62	636 km N	2,619	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Miramont-de-Guyenne	47	297 km W	3,081	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %
Sourdeval	50	543 km NW	3,026	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Angles	85	442 km W	3,115	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 31 %
Broons	22	591 km NW	2,943	72.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Les Epesses	85	424 km NW	2,983	66.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Miramont-de-Guyenne	47	297 km W	3,081	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %
Les Epesses	85	424 km NW	2,983	66.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
Angles	85	442 km W	3,115	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 31 %
Sourdeval	50	543 km NW	3,026	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Broons	22	591 km NW	2,943	72.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Équihen-Plage	62	636 km N	2,619	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 11 % · 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 Retournac'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
Saint-Félix	74	165 km NE	2,439	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Charolles	71	138 km N	2,772	72.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lurcy-Lévis	03	190 km NW	1,821	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne	73	191 km E	2,395	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vorey	43	9.9 km W	1,488	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Charlieu	42	107 km N	3,766	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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