Tence
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Tence (INSEE 43244) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC du Haut Lignon. Population 3,111 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43244-tence
Vitality score
Vitality score 58.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)).
Better served than 85 % of the 6,919 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 15.02 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.31 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.16 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PH PERRIN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LA TENCOISE · GOURMANDISES EN BALADE). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA NOUVELLE CHARCUTERIE - FROMAGERIE · COURT BERTRAND · SALAISONS ARTISANALES DU LIGNON). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETIT CASINO · COEUR D'ARTICHAUD). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (NETTO · CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (LE PETIT CHARREYRON · VALLA JACKIE · LE GRAND CAFE · CENTRAL BAR). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LE MARIGNY · PUTTING GOLF · CHEZ TITI). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-MARTIN). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE DE LA LIONCHERE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT-MARTIN). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIBAUD LACHMANN, MÉDECIN · AUDREY SATRE, MÉDECIN · HELENE VACHER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TENCOISE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (TENCE AP). [3]
2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE TENCE · COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DU HAUT-LIGNON). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINE TENCE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA LIONCHERE · COLLEGE DE LA LIONCHERE). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (AT-HOME · AC COIFFURE · MECHES EN LOOK · L'HAIR DE TENCE · NATURE'L). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CHATIAGUE · HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (LES MURMURES DU LIGNON). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 6 | PH PERRIN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LA TENCOISE · GOURMANDISES EN BALADE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | LA NOUVELLE CHARCUTERIE - FROMAGERIE · COURT BERTRAND · SALAISONS ARTISANALES DU LIGNON | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | PETIT CASINO · COEUR D'ARTICHAUD | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | NETTO · CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | LE PETIT CHARREYRON · VALLA JACKIE · LE GRAND CAFE · CENTRAL BAR | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LE MARIGNY · PUTTING GOLF · CHEZ TITI | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-MARTIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE DE LA LIONCHERE · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT-MARTIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | THIBAUD LACHMANN, MÉDECIN · AUDREY SATRE, MÉDECIN · HELENE VACHER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE TENCOISE | 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 | TENCE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE TENCE · COMMUNAUTÉ DE COMMUNES DU HAUT-LIGNON | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINE TENCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA LIONCHERE · COLLEGE DE LA LIONCHERE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | AT-HOME · AC COIFFURE · MECHES EN LOOK · L'HAIR DE TENCE · NATURE'L | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL LE CHATIAGUE · HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | LES MURMURES DU LIGNON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,158 (2012) → 3,111 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,788 (1990) → 3,111 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,048, of which 18.9 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tence): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Tence): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Tence): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Le Chambon-sur-Lignon): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Tence): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MAZET-VOLAMONT weather station, 10.7 km away at 1,130 m; the village itself is at 845 m. [11]
The village sits 285 m below 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 MAZET-VOLAMONT, 10.7 km away at 1,130 m, over 26 summers. [11]
That station sits 285 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 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at TENCE, 1 km away at 848 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43244/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/acfb7d25-6346-30bd-a1d2-b20cb1703273— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43244/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43244/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43244/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43244
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43051
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieulefit | 26 | 90 km SE | 3,289 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mirepoix | 09 | 297 km SW | 3,172 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 % |
| Doussard | 74 | 168 km NE | 3,751 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montignac-Lascaux | 24 | 246 km W | 2,762 | 65 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 % |
| Veynes | 05 | 137 km SE | 3,214 | 53.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mortain-Bocage | 50 | 559 km NW | 2,961 | 68.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieulefit | 26 | 90 km SE | 3,289 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Veynes | 05 | 137 km SE | 3,214 | 53.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Doussard | 74 | 168 km NE | 3,751 | 52.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montignac-Lascaux | 24 | 246 km W | 2,762 | 65 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 % |
| Mirepoix | 09 | 297 km SW | 3,172 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 % |
| Mortain-Bocage | 50 | 559 km NW | 2,961 | 68.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · 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 Tence'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbey | 68 | 400 km NE | 3,429 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans | 38 | 137 km E | 2,617 | 69 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Cavalerie | 12 | 152 km SW | 2,223 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand | 60 | 527 km N | 3,462 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut | 69 | 64 km N | 3,942 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon | 43 | 6.0 km S | 2,501 | 63.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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