Solignac-sous-Roche

Identity

Solignac-sous-Roche (INSEE 43240) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. Population 270 (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/43240-solignac-sous-roche

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,588 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 221 (2012) → 270 (2023): 22.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 270 (2023): 123.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 34 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chamalières-sur-Loire): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Retournac): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Retournac): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beauzac): 8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Retournac): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 111 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TIRANGES weather station, 1.8 km away at 603 m; the village itself is at 791 m. ^[11]

The village sits 188 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE PERTUIS_SAPC, 17.8 km away at 1,020 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 229 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TIRANGES, 1.8 km away at 603 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43240/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43240/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43240/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43240/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43049
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43162
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43025
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024