Saint-Jean-de-Nay

Identity

Saint-Jean-de-Nay (INSEE 43197) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 337 (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/43197-saint-jean-de-nay

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 18,047 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 (LE BYSTRO). ^[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 374 (2012) → 337 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 497 (1990) → 337 (2023): -32.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 277, of which 18.1 % second homes and 23.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Loudes): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Siaugues-Sainte-Marie): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loudes): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bains): 9.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Nay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 114 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE PUY-LOUDES weather station, 5.3 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 948 m. ^[12]

The village sits 117 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 LE PUY-LOUDES, 5.3 km away at 831 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 117 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 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 5.3 km away at 831 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 50,000 € — 500 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Haute-Loire is 1,165 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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 — 43197/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43197/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43197/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43197/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43124
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43239
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43018
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43197
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025