Valprivas

Haute-Loire · CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron · INSEE 43249

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valprivas (INSEE 43249) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. Population 553 (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/43249-valprivas

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,476 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.43	5	2.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU BON PANIER). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LE COURPATTA). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VALPRIVAS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (DE MECHE AVEC L). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU BON PANIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LE COURPATTA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VALPRIVAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	DE MECHE AVEC L	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 461 2023: 553 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 488 (2012) → 553 (2023): 13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 356 (1990) → 553 (2023): 55.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 381, of which 28.3 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.1 km EPharmacy — 5.1 km EGP — 5.2 km E 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 (Bas-en-Basset): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Valprivas): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bas-en-Basset): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bas-en-Basset): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Valprivas): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18

Days at or below 0 °C 115.9▸

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 116 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TIRANGES weather station, 6.1 km away at 603 m; the village itself is at 840 m. ^[10]

The village sits 237 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE, 14.5 km away at 777 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 63 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TIRANGES, 6.1 km away at 603 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43249/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43249/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43249/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43249/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43020
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43249
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
Arfeuilles	03	97 km N	594	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Lanrivain	22	647 km NW	464	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Le Nayrac	12	134 km SW	555	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Moutier-Malcard	23	202 km NW	558	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Queaux	86	285 km NW	586	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 43 %
Rancon	87	240 km NW	475	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arfeuilles	03	97 km N	594	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Le Nayrac	12	134 km SW	555	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Moutier-Malcard	23	202 km NW	558	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Rancon	87	240 km NW	475	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %
Queaux	86	285 km NW	586	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 43 %
Lanrivain	22	647 km NW	464	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Valprivas'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
Roche-en-Régnier	43	13 km SW	476	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Dore-l'Église	63	24 km W	656	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Servant	63	126 km NW	558	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tiranges	43	4.5 km W	453	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sannat	23	156 km NW	349	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Valbonnais	38	153 km E	520	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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