Saint-Julien-Molhesabate

Haute-Loire · CC Haut Pays du Velay · INSEE 43204

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Julien-Molhesabate (INSEE 43204) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Haut Pays du Velay. Population 162 (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/43204-saint-julien-molhesabate

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 14,666 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.14	10	1.4
Housing mix	0.33	5	1.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

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

1 × Restaurant (COMME CHEZ SWAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE ST JULIEN MOLHESABATE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	COMME CHEZ SWAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE ST JULIEN MOLHESABATE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 358 2023: 162 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 189 (2012) → 162 (2023): -14.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 253 (1990) → 162 (2023): -36 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 33.7 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 4.9 km SPrimary school — 5.0 km SGP — 5.4 km NFood shop — 6.9 km NWPharmacy — 7.3 km NW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dunières): 6.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Riotord): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dunières): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 98.8▸

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-ROMAIN-LACHALM weather station, 11.4 km away at 902 m; the village itself is at 1,040 m. ^[11]

The village sits 138 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. ^[11]

An average of 907 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-ROMAIN-LACHALM, 11.4 km away at 902 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 — 43204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43163
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
Lacour	82	292 km W	171	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 20 %
Le Donzeil	23	212 km NW	186	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Séniergues	46	233 km W	146	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 19 %
Saint-Maigner	63	168 km NW	162	15.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Rezay	18	240 km NW	204	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 36 %
Le Mas-de-Tence	43	8.9 km SW	167	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mas-de-Tence	43	8.9 km SW	167	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Maigner	63	168 km NW	162	15.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Le Donzeil	23	212 km NW	186	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Séniergues	46	233 km W	146	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 19 %
Rezay	18	240 km NW	204	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 36 %
Lacour	82	292 km W	171	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 20 %

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