Riotord
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Riotord (INSEE 43163) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Haut Pays du Velay. Population 1,195 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43163-riotord
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 47 % of the 13,242 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.73 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (GABEMELO). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (BISTROT LA RIBOULE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LE SACRE COEUR). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (TIBERIU SFETCU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES MORILLES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (RIOTORD AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RIOTORD). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (UN HAIR DE DETENTE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / 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 | GABEMELO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | BISTROT LA RIBOULE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LE SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | TIBERIU SFETCU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES MORILLES | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | RIOTORD AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RIOTORD | 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 | 2 | UN HAIR DE DETENTE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,189 (2012) → 1,195 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,228 (1990) → 1,195 (2023): -2.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 799, of which 17.1 % second homes and 17.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Dunières): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Dunières): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Riotord): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Dunières): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Riotord): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-ROMAIN-LACHALM weather station, 6.6 km away at 902 m; the village itself is at 838 m. [11]
The village sits 64 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 MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE, 16.1 km away at 777 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 61 m below 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 907 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-ROMAIN-LACHALM, 6.6 km away at 902 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43163/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2024-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ac330195-6be6-3e1a-9ca4-71b4ac129ff3— “Le marché hebdomadaire se tient chaque vendredi matin, offrant des produits locaux dans une ambiance conviviale.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43163/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43163/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43163/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43087
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43163
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juillac | 19 | 241 km W | 1,153 | 41 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Hautes-Rivières | 08 | 518 km N | 1,239 | 39.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde | 16 | 363 km W | 1,254 | 47.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ménéac | 56 | 615 km NW | 1,476 | 35.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 50 % |
| Sore | 40 | 406 km W | 1,179 | 43.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 % |
| Castelnau d'Auzan Labarrère | 32 | 370 km W | 1,187 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 32 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juillac | 19 | 241 km W | 1,153 | 41 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde | 16 | 363 km W | 1,254 | 47.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 % |
| Castelnau d'Auzan Labarrère | 32 | 370 km W | 1,187 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 32 % · humidity 7 % |
| Sore | 40 | 406 km W | 1,179 | 43.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 % |
| Les Hautes-Rivières | 08 | 518 km N | 1,239 | 39.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ménéac | 56 | 615 km NW | 1,476 | 35.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 50 % |
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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 Riotord'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sansac-de-Marmiesse | 15 | 166 km W | 1,395 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Condat | 15 | 129 km W | 933 | 62.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bromont-Lamothe | 63 | 141 km NW | 1,032 | 47.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Premiers Sapins | 25 | 256 km NE | 1,587 | 52.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat | 15 | 170 km W | 1,527 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grazac | 43 | 18 km W | 1,152 | 44.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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