Saugues

Haute-Loire · CC des Rives du Haut Allier · INSEE 43234

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 59.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saugues (INSEE 43234) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 1,652 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43234-saugues

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 10,916 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	0.55	25	13.76
Social	0.92	20	18.34
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.29	10	2.91
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE AUX 4 DELICES · BOULANGERIE BOYER ERIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT COQUELICOT · SARL LES CARMES · ALBARET JEAN-NOEL · RESTAURANT AU GEVAUDAN). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (PUB LE KELLY'S · LE PETIT CHEZ SOI). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LA PRESENTATION). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE JOACHIM BARRANDE · COLLEGE PRIVE LA PRESENTATION). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SEBASTIEN BRUN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAUGUES DU GEVAUDAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS · PISCINE GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA SEUGE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIFS · SALON MALLET MYRIAM). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LA TERRASSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA SEUGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LA BOULANGERIE AUX 4 DELICES · BOULANGERIE BOYER ERIC	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	LE BISTROT COQUELICOT · SARL LES CARMES · ALBARET JEAN-NOEL · RESTAURANT AU GEVAUDAN	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	PUB LE KELLY'S · LE PETIT CHEZ SOI	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LA PRESENTATION	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE JOACHIM BARRANDE · COLLEGE PRIVE LA PRESENTATION	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SEBASTIEN BRUN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAUGUES DU GEVAUDAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	HALLE DES SPORTS · PISCINE GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA SEUGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	CREA'TIFS · SALON MALLET MYRIAM	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL LA TERRASSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA SEUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Friday. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 2,493 2023: 1,652 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,822 (2012) → 1,652 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 2,089 (1990) → 1,652 (2023): -20.9 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,380, of which 19.6 % second homes and 21.3 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 14.8 km SE 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 (Saugues): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Saugues): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saugues): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance): 14.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saugues): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 127.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 128 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAUGUES weather station, 0.4 km away at 940 m; the village itself is at 961 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at SAUGUES-SA, 0.8 km away at 945 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAUGUES, 0.4 km away at 940 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 — 43234/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saugues.fr/— “Marché Forain tous les vendredis”
DATAtourisme 2024-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/aecc86a5-adc9-3c7f-89cb-0124ccf37559— “Marché de produits du terroir et forain tous les vendredis matin.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43234/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43234/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43234/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43234
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48038
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
Vorey	43	38 km NE	1,488	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-de-Salars	12	100 km SW	1,623	54	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Rémalard en Perche	61	440 km NW	1,866	51.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 15 %
Seilhac	19	151 km W	1,805	60.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Vayrac	46	145 km W	1,266	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Lignières	18	226 km NW	1,310	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 5 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vorey	43	38 km NE	1,488	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-de-Salars	12	100 km SW	1,623	54	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Vayrac	46	145 km W	1,266	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Seilhac	19	151 km W	1,805	60.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lignières	18	226 km NW	1,310	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 5 % · humidity 50 %
Rémalard en Perche	61	440 km NW	1,866	51.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 15 %

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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 Saugues'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
Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole	48	24 km SW	1,385	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-d'Aveillans	38	173 km E	1,711	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Longchaumois	39	249 km NE	1,139	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pierre-Châtel	38	176 km E	1,475	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bogève	74	263 km NE	1,200	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	48	28 km SW	3,955	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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