Saint-Geneys-près-Saint-Paulien

Identity

Saint-Geneys-près-Saint-Paulien (INSEE 43187) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 313 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43187-saint-geneys-pres-saint-paulien

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,885 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE LEA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 305 (2012) → 313 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 313 (2023): 37.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 19.3 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Paulien): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paulien): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Paulien): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vorey): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Geneys-près-Saint-Paulien): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 101 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALLEGRE weather station, 9.5 km away at 1,035 m; the village itself is at 910 m. ^[11]

The village sits 125 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 PUY-LOUDES, 10.7 km away at 831 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 79 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 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-PAULIEN, 3.1 km away at 801 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 90,685 € — 723 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Haute-Loire is 1,165 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43187/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43187/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43187/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43187/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43216
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43267
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43187
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025