Vals-près-le-Puy
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 42.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vals-près-le-Puy (INSEE 43251) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 3,395 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43251-vals-pres-le-puy
Vitality score
Vitality score 42.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 6,427 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 | 0.35 | 25 | 8.79 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.49 | 10 | 4.91 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LE FOURNIL DE VALS · M.O.K.A). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FLEUR D'OR). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · O'CAZ BY CASINO · ACTION). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (PEYRONNEL MARIE-CLAIRE · E.M.A. CADELADE · SARL JULIE · SEIKO SUSHI). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA MAIRIE · LE DOLAIZON 2.0). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT TAULEMESSE, MÉDECIN · YOUSSEF ZAGHIR, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PERRAZI · PHARMACIE DU GEANT VALS PRES LE PUY). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VALS PRÈS LE PUY). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (LE PREAU). [3]
2 × Bank (CR CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL LOIRE HTE LOIR · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (COIF'STYL · LE COIFFEUR · COIFFEMOI · LOUET JENNYFER). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL B B LE PUY EN VELAY). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LE FOURNIL DE VALS · M.O.K.A | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LA FLEUR D'OR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · O'CAZ BY CASINO · ACTION | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | PEYRONNEL MARIE-CLAIRE · E.M.A. CADELADE · SARL JULIE · SEIKO SUSHI | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | BAR DE LA MAIRIE · LE DOLAIZON 2.0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | LAURENT TAULEMESSE, MÉDECIN · YOUSSEF ZAGHIR, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE PERRAZI · PHARMACIE DU GEANT VALS PRES LE PUY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VALS PRÈS LE PUY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | LE PREAU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CR CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL LOIRE HTE LOIR · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | COIF'STYL · LE COIFFEUR · COIFFEMOI · LOUET JENNYFER | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL B B LE PUY EN VELAY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,420 (2012) → 3,395 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,426 (1990) → 3,395 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,997, of which 3.1 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vals-près-le-Puy): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vals-près-le-Puy): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Vals-près-le-Puy): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Vals-près-le-Puy): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Vals-près-le-Puy): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the PUY-VILLE weather station, 1.7 km away at 620 m; the village itself is at 647 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 3.1 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. [9]
That station sits 67 m above 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 666 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PUY-VILLE, 1.7 km away at 620 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 — 43251/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43251/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43251/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43251/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43251
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonne | 74 | 229 km NE | 3,267 | 47.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Proville | 59 | 573 km N | 3,206 | 35.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Ottange | 57 | 516 km N | 2,960 | 57 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 76 % |
| La Fère | 02 | 516 km N | 2,796 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jeoire | 74 | 236 km NE | 3,457 | 45.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varilhes | 09 | 285 km SW | 3,487 | 50.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonne | 74 | 229 km NE | 3,267 | 47.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jeoire | 74 | 236 km NE | 3,457 | 45.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varilhes | 09 | 285 km SW | 3,487 | 50.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 % |
| Ottange | 57 | 516 km N | 2,960 | 57 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 76 % |
| La Fère | 02 | 516 km N | 2,796 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Proville | 59 | 573 km N | 3,206 | 35.1 | 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 Vals-près-le-Puy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres | 10 | 364 km N | 3,223 | 59.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thomery | 77 | 385 km N | 3,384 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fourchambault | 58 | 229 km N | 3,992 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Issenheim | 68 | 411 km NE | 3,502 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux | 03 | 130 km N | 3,205 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 43 | 1.9 km N | 3,585 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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