Saint-Victor-sur-Arlanc

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43228

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Victor-sur-Arlanc (INSEE 43228) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 92 (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/43228-saint-victor-sur-arlanc

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 9,787 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.33	10	3.29
Housing mix	0.12	5	0.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAISON TORRILHON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SALAISON TORRILHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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

1968: 185 2023: 92 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 95 (2012) → 92 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 111 (1990) → 92 (2023): -17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 44.1 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.6 km EBakery — 2.7 km NWPrimary school — 3.4 km SGP — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.7 km E 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 (Malvières): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Victor-sur-Arlanc): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Craponne-sur-Arzon): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Craponne-sur-Arzon): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Jullianges): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5

Days at or below 0 °C 129.6▸

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FELINES_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 1,014 m; the village itself is at 987 m. ^[12]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FELINES_SAPC, 8 km away at 1,014 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43080
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43108
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
Mornans	26	133 km SE	76	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 34 %
Montamel	46	200 km SW	90	8.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 0 %
Recoules-de-Fumas	48	84 km SW	98	13.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 65 %
Arthel	58	214 km N	89	5.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 14 %
Noalhac	48	78 km SW	94	7.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 41 %
Saint-Avit-Rivière	24	236 km W	91	8.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noalhac	48	78 km SW	94	7.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 41 %
Recoules-de-Fumas	48	84 km SW	98	13.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 65 %
Mornans	26	133 km SE	76	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 34 %
Montamel	46	200 km SW	90	8.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 0 %
Arthel	58	214 km N	89	5.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 14 %
Saint-Avit-Rivière	24	236 km W	91	8.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %

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Elsewhere

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