Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon

Haute-Loire · CC des Sucs · INSEE 43211

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 59.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon (INSEE 43211) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Sucs. Population 2,688 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 59.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 7,815 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE ST MAURICE · LA COUR DES FEES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE D'AUGUSTIN). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SOC NOUVELLE LE SABOT DE L ATRE · FESTIV'PIZZ · LE RELAI DE LA PASSERELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHLOÉ GOUTTEFANGEAS, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE CLEMENÇON, MÉDECIN · MARLYNE CHANGEA, MÉDECIN · SILVIA TEGLAS, MÉDECIN · JULIE CHARBONNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES SUCS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MAURICE DE LIGNON RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DES PRESLES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CHARLENE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LES CISEAUX D'ELO). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU SABOT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU FOURNIL DE ST MAURICE · LA COUR DES FEES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE D'AUGUSTIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	4	SOC NOUVELLE LE SABOT DE L ATRE · FESTIV'PIZZ · LE RELAI DE LA PASSERELLE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LE SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	CHLOÉ GOUTTEFANGEAS, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE CLEMENÇON, MÉDECIN · MARLYNE CHANGEA, MÉDECIN · SILVIA TEGLAS, MÉDECIN · JULIE CHARBONNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES SUCS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT MAURICE DE LIGNON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DES PRESLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	CHARLENE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LES CISEAUX D'ELO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU SABOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,429 2023: 2,688 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,465 (2012) → 2,688 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,635 (1990) → 2,688 (2023): 64.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,372, of which 7.1 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 km N 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-Maurice-de-Lignon): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.6

Days at or below 0 °C 82.7

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the YSSINGEAUX weather station, 10 km away at 873 m; the village itself is at 756 m. ^[9]

The village sits 117 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE, 12.3 km away at 777 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-DE-L, 2.5 km away at 480 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43211
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
Valdivienne	86	306 km NW	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Nomain	59	590 km N	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture	62	605 km N	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Val d'Arry	14	561 km NW	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Brix	50	645 km NW	2,165	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Plumelec	56	594 km NW	2,754	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valdivienne	86	306 km NW	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Val d'Arry	14	561 km NW	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Nomain	59	590 km N	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Plumelec	56	594 km NW	2,754	68	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture	62	605 km N	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Brix	50	645 km NW	2,165	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · 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-Maurice-de-Lignon'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
Cornimont	88	368 km NE	3,027	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Hadol	88	365 km NE	2,311	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Celles-sur-Durolle	63	80 km NW	1,627	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Charbonnières-les-Varennes	63	117 km NW	1,935	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat	15	150 km W	1,527	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pers-Jussy	74	192 km NE	3,245	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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