Saint-Romain-Lachalm
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Romain-Lachalm (INSEE 43223) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Haut Pays du Velay. Population 1,154 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 49.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 13,465 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 | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE LAETITIA). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (E.CHAVASSIEUX · SALAISON DU CHATEAU). [3]
1 × Restaurant (LA COQUELLE DES COISSOUS). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (L'OUSTAU · LE VERRE GLACE · L'ESTANCOT). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ROMAIN LACHALM AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ROMAIN-LACHALM). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (TENDANCE COIFFURE · AUX PETITS SOINS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE LAETITIA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | E.CHAVASSIEUX · SALAISON DU CHATEAU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | LA COQUELLE DES COISSOUS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | L'OUSTAU · LE VERRE GLACE · L'ESTANCOT | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [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 ROMAIN LACHALM AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ROMAIN-LACHALM | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | TENDANCE COIFFURE · AUX PETITS SOINS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 1,073 (2012) → 1,154 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 693 (1990) → 1,154 (2023): 66.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 602, of which 15 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Romain-Lachalm): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Romain-Lachalm): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Marlhes): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Marlhes): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Romain-Lachalm): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-ROMAIN-LACHALM weather station, 0.8 km away at 902 m; the village itself is at 922 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE, 9.8 km away at 777 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 145 m below 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 907 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-ROMAIN-LACHALM, 0.8 km away at 902 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 — 43223/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43223/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43223/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43223/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43223
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42139
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapdes-Beaufort | 63 | 134 km NW | 1,140 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Luriecq | 42 | 29 km NW | 1,238 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 % |
| Pleudaniel | 22 | 687 km NW | 921 | 51.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lombers | 81 | 238 km SW | 1,080 | 48.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 32 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chaveyriat | 01 | 118 km NE | 1,078 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 % |
| Huismes | 37 | 383 km NW | 1,498 | 38.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luriecq | 42 | 29 km NW | 1,238 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 % |
| Chaveyriat | 01 | 118 km NE | 1,078 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chapdes-Beaufort | 63 | 134 km NW | 1,140 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lombers | 81 | 238 km SW | 1,080 | 48.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 32 % · humidity 71 % |
| Huismes | 37 | 383 km NW | 1,498 | 38.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pleudaniel | 22 | 687 km NW | 921 | 51.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · 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-Romain-Lachalm'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapdes-Beaufort | 63 | 134 km NW | 1,140 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Pertuis | 43 | 29 km SW | 576 | 56.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Charbonnières-les-Varennes | 63 | 126 km NW | 1,935 | 41.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Raucoules | 43 | 9.2 km S | 948 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chabottes | 05 | 160 km SE | 964 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Romain-les-Atheux | 42 | 11 km N | 956 | 46.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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