Salettes
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
Salettes (INSEE 43231) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. Population 156 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 14,407 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 | 0.32 | 10 | 3.21 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (O BISTROT GOURMAND). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SALETTES ES AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
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 [3,4] | |
| 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 | O BISTROT GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | SALETTES ES 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 | 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 143 (2012) → 156 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 190 (1990) → 156 (2023): -17.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 339, of which 72.3 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Martin-de-Fugères): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-Fugères): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Coucouron): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Coucouron): 7 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Fugères): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 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 LANDOS-CHARBON weather station, 9.5 km away at 1,148 m; the village itself is at 909 m. [10]
The village sits 239 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 LANDOS-CHARBON, 9.5 km away at 1,148 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 239 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 930 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ALLEYRAC, 3.6 km away at 1,050 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 — 43231/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43231/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43231/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43231/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43210
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07071
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Claux | 15 | 104 km W | 160 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malbosc | 07 | 58 km S | 146 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs | 03 | 134 km N | 146 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Alleyras | 43 | 23 km W | 152 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-Château | 23 | 202 km NW | 150 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes | 06 | 236 km E | 138 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleyras | 43 | 23 km W | 152 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malbosc | 07 | 58 km S | 146 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Claux | 15 | 104 km W | 160 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs | 03 | 134 km N | 146 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-Château | 23 | 202 km NW | 150 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes | 06 | 236 km E | 138 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Salettes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Laubies | 48 | 46 km SW | 151 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel | 63 | 70 km N | 211 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sagnes-et-Goudoulet | 07 | 22 km E | 121 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne | 63 | 92 km N | 136 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Romain | 63 | 70 km N | 197 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champoléon | 05 | 182 km E | 144 | 22.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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