Saint-Préjet-d'Allier
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 14.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Préjet-d'Allier (INSEE 43220) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 159 (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/43220-saint-prejet-d-allier
Vitality score
Vitality score 14.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 14,517 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 | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.21 | 10 | 2.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.22 | 5 | 1.08 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (REGIE BAR RESTAURANT LES FAUVETTES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PREJET D ALLIER AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 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. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | REGIE BAR RESTAURANT LES FAUVETTES | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | SAINT PREJET D ALLIER AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 164 (2012) → 159 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 224 (1990) → 159 (2023): -29 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 39.2 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Saugues): 7.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saugues): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SAUGUES weather station, 7.9 km away at 940 m; the village itself is at 846 m. [10]
The village sits 94 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 8.6 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. [10]
That station sits 99 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at THORAS, 5.6 km away at 1,019 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43220/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43220/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43220/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43220/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48038
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43234
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazoches | 58 | 274 km N | 160 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-Cantalès | 15 | 106 km W | 157 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Poil | 58 | 220 km N | 152 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Minervois | 34 | 181 km S | 131 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Gros-Chastang | 19 | 131 km W | 181 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Onlay | 58 | 229 km N | 163 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-Cantalès | 15 | 106 km W | 157 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gros-Chastang | 19 | 131 km W | 181 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Minervois | 34 | 181 km S | 131 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Poil | 58 | 220 km N | 152 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Onlay | 58 | 229 km N | 163 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bazoches | 58 | 274 km N | 160 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-Préjet-d'Allier'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Amandin | 15 | 87 km NW | 225 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Clavières | 15 | 28 km W | 184 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Monteil | 15 | 98 km NW | 261 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias | 07 | 76 km E | 195 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cistrières | 43 | 45 km N | 136 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marchastel | 15 | 82 km NW | 131 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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