Saint-Privat-d'Allier

Identity

Saint-Privat-d'Allier (INSEE 43221) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 394 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Didier-d'Allier (43176). ^[3]

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/43221-saint-privat-d-allier

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 93 % of the 18,017 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU CHEMIN). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHABANON PERE ET FILS). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA L'AUTHENTIQUE · LE KOMPOST'L). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PRIVAT D ALLIER RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE BIBLIOTHEQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA VIEILLE AUBERGE). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 427 (2012) → 394 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 479 (1990) → 394 (2023): -17.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 40.2 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Privat-d'Allier): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Privat-d'Allier): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bains): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bains): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Privat-d'Allier): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 117 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAUGUES-SA weather station, 11.2 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 888 m. ^[11]

The village sits 57 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 11.2 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 57 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, 7.3 km away at 1,025 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43221/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43221/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43221/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43221/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43221
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43018
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024