Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve (INSEE 43183) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 103 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 57 % of the 10,844 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.21 | 5 | 1.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE CHTI COUP). [4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA CHAUMERASSE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE CHTI COUP | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | HOTEL LA CHAUMERASSE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 87 (2012) → 103 (2023): 18.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 102 (1990) → 103 (2023): 1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 96, of which 39.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fix-Saint-Geneys): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fix-Saint-Geneys): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Siaugues-Sainte-Marie): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Allègre): 9.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Vissac-Auteyrac): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the FIX-ST-GENEYS weather station, 3.3 km away at 1,102 m; the village itself is at 978 m. [12]
The village sits 124 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at FIX-ST-GENEYS, 3.3 km away at 1,102 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 124 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 893 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at FIX-ST-GENEYS, 3.3 km away at 1,102 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43183/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43183/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43183/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43183/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43095
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43239
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43003
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43013
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unac | 09 | 303 km SW | 127 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Silvareccio | 2B | 552 km SE | 99 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châtelblanc | 25 | 257 km NE | 117 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saumane | 04 | 201 km SE | 130 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 36 % |
| Eup | 31 | 340 km SW | 139 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Curtil-sous-Burnand | 71 | 178 km NE | 137 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtil-sous-Burnand | 71 | 178 km NE | 137 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saumane | 04 | 201 km SE | 130 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 36 % |
| Châtelblanc | 25 | 257 km NE | 117 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Unac | 09 | 303 km SW | 127 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Eup | 31 | 340 km SW | 139 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Silvareccio | 2B | 552 km SE | 99 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · 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 Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Hélène | 48 | 69 km S | 97 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ilhet | 65 | 355 km SW | 122 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Besse | 15 | 100 km W | 136 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Mas-d'Artige | 23 | 129 km NW | 92 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Innimond | 01 | 168 km NE | 95 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pierrecourt | 70 | 317 km NE | 103 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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