Saint-André-de-Chalencon

Haute-Loire · CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron · INSEE 43166

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-André-de-Chalencon (INSEE 43166) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. Population 374 (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/43166-saint-andre-de-chalencon

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 18,059 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	25	0
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	0.88	10	8.8
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DES SEIGNEURS). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST ANDRE DE CHALENCON AP). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	LE RELAIS DES SEIGNEURS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	ST ANDRE DE CHALENCON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE BIBLIOTHEQUE	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 449 2023: 374 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 341 (2012) → 374 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 271 (1990) → 374 (2023): 38 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 37.6 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km NWFood shop — 7.2 km NEGP — 9.1 km SEPharmacy — 9.3 km N 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 (Saint-Julien-d'Ance): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valprivas): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Retournac): 9.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon): 9.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-André-de-Chalencon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.2

Days at or below 0 °C 114.9▸

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 115 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the TIRANGES weather station, 2.3 km away at 603 m; the village itself is at 832 m. ^[13]

The village sits 229 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]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at TIRANGES, 2.3 km away at 603 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43166/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43166/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43166/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43166/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43212
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43166
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
Rencurel	38	119 km E	358	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Martin-la-Méanne	19	156 km W	351	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Front	43	36 km SE	410	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 %
Félines	43	18 km W	298	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %
Maël-Pestivien	22	652 km NW	362	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 7 %
Larodde	63	114 km W	296	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Félines	43	18 km W	298	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Front	43	36 km SE	410	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 %
Larodde	63	114 km W	296	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 36 %
Rencurel	38	119 km E	358	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Martin-la-Méanne	19	156 km W	351	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Maël-Pestivien	22	652 km NW	362	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 7 %

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Elsewhere

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