Saint-Julien-des-Chazes
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 8.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Julien-des-Chazes (INSEE 43202) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 52 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 8.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 25 % of the 5,097 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 | 0.07 | 10 | 0.65 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 73 (2012) → 52 (2023): -28.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 92 (1990) → 52 (2023): -43.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 122, of which 61.5 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chanteuges): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Siaugues-Sainte-Marie): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Siaugues-Sainte-Marie): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Langeac): 9.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Siaugues-Sainte-Marie): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MAZEYRAT D'AL weather station, 8.4 km away at 538 m; the village itself is at 541 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 9.6 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. [11]
That station sits 404 m above 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 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SAINT-BERAIN, 3.2 km away at 1,025 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43202/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43202/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43202/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43202/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43056
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43239
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43112
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pégairolles-de-Buèges | 34 | 138 km S | 54 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 64 % |
| Carcheto-Brustico | 2B | 552 km SE | 57 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 % |
| Altagène | 2A | 578 km SE | 52 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saliceto | 2B | 545 km SE | 46 | 12 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 4 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gatuzières | 48 | 95 km S | 52 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Catherine | 63 | 46 km N | 57 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Catherine | 63 | 46 km N | 57 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gatuzières | 48 | 95 km S | 52 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pégairolles-de-Buèges | 34 | 138 km S | 54 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saliceto | 2B | 545 km SE | 46 | 12 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 4 % · humidity 100 % |
| Carcheto-Brustico | 2B | 552 km SE | 57 | 21.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 % |
| Altagène | 2A | 578 km SE | 52 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · 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-Julien-des-Chazes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppedette | 04 | 201 km SE | 43 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sallagriffon | 06 | 294 km SE | 47 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 215 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cornillon-sur-l'Oule | 26 | 155 km SE | 75 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Andéol | 26 | 135 km E | 82 | 20 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aiglun | 06 | 295 km SE | 104 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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