Saint-Front
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Front (INSEE 43186) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 410 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43186-saint-front
Vitality score
Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 55 % of the 18,015 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.25 | 10 | 2.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.16 | 5 | 0.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LES VOUTES · AU PETIT BAZ'AR · LA SAINT FRONTAINE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT FRONT AP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]
1 × Hotel (GITE AUBERGE L'HERMINETTE). [4,3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 3 | LES VOUTES · AU PETIT BAZ'AR · LA SAINT FRONTAINE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT FRONT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 1 | GITE AUBERGE L'HERMINETTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday matin place de la mairie. [5]
Trajectory
Population 440 (2012) → 410 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 544 (1990) → 410 (2023): -24.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 467, of which 42 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Champclause): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Fay-sur-Lignon): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Fay-sur-Lignon): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Lantriac): 10.9 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Front): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 101 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the ESTABLES.SA weather station, 7.3 km away at 1,486 m; the village itself is at 1,210 m. [13]
The village sits 276 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at ESTABLES.SA, 7.3 km away at 1,486 m, over 15 summers. [13]
That station sits 276 m above 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 1,178 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at ESTABLES.SA, 7.3 km away at 1,486 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
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 — 43186/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.saintfront43.fr/saint-front-marche— “Le marché a lieu le vendredi matin sur la place de la mairie.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43186/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43186/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43186/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43053
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43092
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43113
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43186
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-la-Méanne | 19 | 171 km W | 351 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-André-de-Chalencon | 43 | 36 km N | 374 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 % |
| Rencurel | 38 | 105 km E | 358 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sénergues | 12 | 137 km W | 423 | 28.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 43 % |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12 | 126 km W | 428 | 31.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 62 % |
| Larodde | 63 | 139 km NW | 296 | 20.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-Chalencon | 43 | 36 km N | 374 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 % |
| Rencurel | 38 | 105 km E | 358 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12 | 126 km W | 428 | 31.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 62 % |
| Sénergues | 12 | 137 km W | 423 | 28.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 43 % |
| Larodde | 63 | 139 km NW | 296 | 20.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-la-Méanne | 19 | 171 km W | 351 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Saint-Front'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantoin | 12 | 106 km W | 312 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Devesset | 07 | 22 km NE | 310 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dienne | 15 | 108 km W | 235 | 35.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lespéron | 07 | 34 km SW | 330 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Urcize | 15 | 95 km W | 475 | 43.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thérondels | 12 | 109 km W | 357 | 45 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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