Solignac-sur-Loire

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43241

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

Partly served 46.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Solignac-sur-Loire (INSEE 43241) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 1,289 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43241-solignac-sur-loire

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 12,766 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.75	10	7.53
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

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

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE LES DELICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SOLIGNAC MARKET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BAR DE LA LOIRE · BRASSERIE LES PORTES DU VELAY). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE M.AUDIER-BAUZAC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ECATERINA COSMESCU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VERCHERE-CAUVIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MILL'FEUILLES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (A2COIIFF'). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE LES DELICES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SOLIGNAC MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	BAR DE LA LOIRE · BRASSERIE LES PORTES DU VELAY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE M.AUDIER-BAUZAC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ECATERINA COSMESCU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VERCHERE-CAUVIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MILL'FEUILLES	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	2	A2COIIFF'	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 793 2023: 1,289 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,230 (2012) → 1,289 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,029 (1990) → 1,289 (2023): 25.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 647, of which 10.2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km NWFood shop — 0.6 km W 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 (Solignac-sur-Loire): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Solignac-sur-Loire): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Solignac-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Solignac-sur-Loire): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Solignac-sur-Loire): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.5

Days at or below 0 °C 93.3

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SOLIGNAC-SUR-LO weather station, 0.8 km away at 832 m; the village itself is at 835 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 9.7 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 121 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SOLIGNAC-SUR-LO, 0.8 km away at 832 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43241/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43241/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43241/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43241/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43241
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
Sergines	89	378 km N	1,223	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Violay	42	105 km N	1,218	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Montricoux	82	206 km SW	1,172	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Chabreloche	63	102 km N	1,156	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Neulise	42	106 km N	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Gerbéviller	54	440 km NE	1,316	37.9	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chabreloche	63	102 km N	1,156	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Violay	42	105 km N	1,218	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Neulise	42	106 km N	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Montricoux	82	206 km SW	1,172	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Sergines	89	378 km N	1,223	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Gerbéviller	54	440 km NE	1,316	37.9	Few services	no figures

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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 Solignac-sur-Loire'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
Chabreloche	63	102 km N	1,156	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montrottier	69	102 km NE	1,400	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne	01	184 km NE	1,023	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Avoudrey	25	311 km NE	982	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lantriac	43	9.9 km E	1,921	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Blavozy	43	12 km NE	1,724	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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