Saint-Paulien

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43216

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

Served 61.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paulien (INSEE 43216) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 2,439 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43216-saint-paulien

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 94 % of the 8,388 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	8.03
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURN'ELLES DES BABILLARDES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BLS EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (PIZZA DAD · RESTAURANT DES PROMENEURS · LE COCON). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BAR DU COMMERCE · CAFE DU VELAY · LES GENETS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (COLOMBAN LUTZ, MÉDECIN · AUDREY CHABANON, MÉDECIN · XAVIER WALTZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (SELEO COIFFURE · MARION ET SES CISEAUX · TENDANCES COIFFURE · TENDANCE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA ROCHELAMBERT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	FOURN'ELLES DES BABILLARDES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BLS EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	PIZZA DAD · RESTAURANT DES PROMENEURS · LE COCON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	BAR DU COMMERCE · CAFE DU VELAY · LES GENETS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	COLOMBAN LUTZ, MÉDECIN · AUDREY CHABANON, MÉDECIN · XAVIER WALTZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE EMILE DERIBIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	6	SELEO COIFFURE · MARION ET SES CISEAUX · TENDANCES COIFFURE · TENDANCE BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA ROCHELAMBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,736 2023: 2,439 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,411 (2012) → 2,439 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,872 (1990) → 2,439 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,352, of which 9.3 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 8.2 km SE 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-Paulien): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Paulien): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Paulien): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Polignac): 8.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Paulien): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.1

Days at or below 0 °C 101.8▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 102 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE PUY-LOUDES weather station, 7.8 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 806 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-LOUDES, 7.8 km away at 831 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-PAULIEN, 0.2 km away at 801 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

117 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 152,000 € — 1,164 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

13 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 128,000 € — 893 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Haute-Loire is 1,165 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43216/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/c93d390e-8c89-34af-ae5e-30e3d1ea7a81— “Marché hebdomadaire de Saint-Paulien”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43216/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43216/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43216/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43152
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	433 km W	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 5 %
Josselin	56	578 km NW	2,584	66.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Caulnes	22	574 km NW	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Varent	79	369 km NW	2,395	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 15 %
Nieul-le-Dolent	85	442 km NW	2,571	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Senones	88	435 km NE	2,205	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Varent	79	369 km NW	2,395	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 15 %
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits	85	433 km W	2,385	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 5 %
Senones	88	435 km NE	2,205	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Nieul-le-Dolent	85	442 km NW	2,571	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Caulnes	22	574 km NW	2,501	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 %
Josselin	56	578 km NW	2,584	66.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Paulien'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
Moirans-en-Montagne	39	207 km NE	2,107	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Morbier	39	231 km NE	2,456	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fraize	88	417 km NE	2,843	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nantua	01	180 km NE	3,416	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Usiers	25	278 km NE	2,132	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Langogne	48	46 km S	2,836	75.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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