Séneujols

Haute-Loire · CC des Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles · INSEE 43238

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

Few services 33.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Séneujols (INSEE 43238) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles. Population 323 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,939 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.86	10	8.57
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	SENEUJOLS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE	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		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: 366 2023: 323 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 309 (2012) → 323 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 238 (1990) → 323 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 11.8 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.0 km SEFood shop — 5.0 km WBakery — 5.8 km NPharmacy — 5.8 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 (Bains): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-Lachalm): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cayres): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bains): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Séneujols): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 112.8▸

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SOLIGNAC-SUR-LO weather station, 8 km away at 832 m; the village itself is at 1,035 m. ^[12]

The village sits 203 m above 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 LANDOS-CHARBON, 12.1 km away at 1,148 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 113 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 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SOLIGNAC-SUR-LO, 8 km away at 832 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 — 43238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43238
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
Massilly	71	184 km N	301	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Meloisey	21	242 km N	321	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Riverie	69	95 km NE	293	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier	19	181 km W	410	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Cenne-Monestiés	11	225 km SW	413	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Uzay-le-Venon	18	230 km NW	414	30	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 12 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Riverie	69	95 km NE	293	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier	19	181 km W	410	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Massilly	71	184 km N	301	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Cenne-Monestiés	11	225 km SW	413	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Uzay-le-Venon	18	230 km NW	414	30	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 12 % · humidity 43 %
Meloisey	21	242 km N	321	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · 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 Séneujols'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
Vitrac	63	133 km NW	336	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plaimbois-du-Miroir	25	332 km NE	276	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aranc	01	178 km NE	331	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Outriaz	01	185 km NE	263	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montandon	25	351 km NE	371	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chamesol	25	355 km NE	383	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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