Sembadel

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43237

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sembadel (INSEE 43237) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 247 (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/43237-sembadel

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,181 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.38
Housing mix	0.3	5	1.52

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CHALET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE DE BIGORRE). ^[4]

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

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

2 × Hotel (LE CHALET · L'AUTHENTIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LA TANIERE DES LOUPS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	LE CHALET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA TAVERNE DE BIGORRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	LE CHALET · L'AUTHENTIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LA TANIERE DES LOUPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 422 2023: 247 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 239 (2012) → 247 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 238 (1990) → 247 (2023): 3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 256, of which 34.8 % second homes and 16.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.3 km EBakery — 4.8 km NFood shop — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.1 km NGP — 5.3 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 (La Chaise-Dieu): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chaise-Dieu): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chaise-Dieu): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Chaise-Dieu): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sembadel): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5

Days at or below 0 °C 129.6▸

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FELINES_SAPC weather station, 4.4 km away at 1,014 m; the village itself is at 1,062 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FIX-ST-GENEYS, 14.5 km away at 1,102 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FELINES_SAPC, 4.4 km away at 1,014 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 — 43237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43048
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43237
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
Saint-Clément	03	88 km N	284	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Boucieu-le-Roi	07	82 km E	243	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Montfuron	04	226 km SE	217	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Borrèze	24	184 km W	354	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Le Noyer	18	247 km N	246	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 27 % · humidity 57 %
Vachères	04	215 km SE	332	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boucieu-le-Roi	07	82 km E	243	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément	03	88 km N	284	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Borrèze	24	184 km W	354	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Vachères	04	215 km SE	332	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Montfuron	04	226 km SE	217	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Le Noyer	18	247 km N	246	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 27 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Sembadel'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
Thoras	43	47 km S	243	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Méolans-Revel	04	243 km SE	321	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Félines	43	4.5 km E	298	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Venteuges	43	35 km SW	341	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rocles	48	63 km S	249	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Lachalm	43	35 km S	306	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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