Tiranges

Identity

Tiranges (INSEE 43246) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. Population 453 (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/43246-tiranges

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,915 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

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA 18). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST FRANCOIS D'ASSISE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (DRYADE HARMONIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 455 (2012) → 453 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 420 (1990) → 453 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 404, of which 34.9 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Julien-d'Ance): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valprivas): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Tiranges): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 121 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TIRANGES weather station, 4 km away at 603 m; the village itself is at 872 m. ^[12]

The village sits 269 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 MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE, 19 km away at 777 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 95 m below 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 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TIRANGES, 4 km away at 603 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43246/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43246/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43246/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43246/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43201
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43249
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43212
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43246
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024