Saint-Hilaire

Identity

Saint-Hilaire (INSEE 43193) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Auzon Communauté. Population 157 (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/43193-saint-hilaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,453 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 173 (2012) → 157 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 157 (2023): -20.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 28.9 % second homes and 18.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cohade): 8.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champagnac-le-Vieux): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Auzon): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Auzon): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 108 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 9.1 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 751 m. ^[12]

The village sits 316 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 9.1 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 316 m below 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 607 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FONTANNES, 9.1 km away at 435 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43193/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43193/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43193/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43193/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43074
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43052
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43016
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43193
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024