Saint-Vincent

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43230

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

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Vincent (INSEE 43230) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 1,089 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43230-saint-vincent

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 13,811 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.51
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU PELERIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'EMBLAVEZ). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT VINCENT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BULLE D'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	AUBERGE DU PELERIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BAR DE L'EMBLAVEZ	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 VINCENT 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	1	BULLE D'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 709 2023: 1,089 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 977 (2012) → 1,089 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 806 (1990) → 1,089 (2023): 35.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 622, of which 11.1 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.0 km NEGP — 2.5 km SBakery — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 4.7 km N 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 (Lavoûte-sur-Loire): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaulieu): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lavoûte-sur-Loire): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vorey): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Vincent): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 70.7

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE PUY-CHADRAC weather station, 10 km away at 714 m; the village itself is at 593 m. ^[12]

The village sits 121 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 10 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 121 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-PAULIEN, 7.4 km away at 801 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 — 43230/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43230/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43230/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43230/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43267
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43230
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
Plouëc-du-Trieux	22	667 km NW	1,140	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
La Balme-les-Grottes	38	137 km NE	1,146	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Radenac	56	595 km NW	1,066	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Villegusien-le-Lac	52	308 km N	1,000	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chaudenay	71	208 km N	1,116	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Martiel	12	178 km SW	1,008	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Balme-les-Grottes	38	137 km NE	1,146	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Martiel	12	178 km SW	1,008	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chaudenay	71	208 km N	1,116	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villegusien-le-Lac	52	308 km N	1,000	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Radenac	56	595 km NW	1,066	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Plouëc-du-Trieux	22	667 km NW	1,140	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 22 % · 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-Vincent'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
Villegusien-le-Lac	52	308 km N	1,000	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chaudenay	71	208 km N	1,116	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Melay	71	119 km N	967	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Artonne	63	113 km NW	912	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Noailles	19	187 km W	945	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cuffy	18	213 km N	1,020	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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