Vergongheon

Haute-Loire · CC Auzon Communauté · INSEE 43258

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

Partly served 55.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vergongheon (INSEE 43258) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Auzon Communauté. Population 1,797 (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/43258-vergongheon

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 10,319 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.54	10	5.42
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL MAZIN CEDRIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON MALBEC). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EURL LE PETIT MARCHE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LA PETITE ECOLE · FERREIRA DA SILVA DYLAN · BOUILLON EMILIENNE · ULTIMA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (FREEDOM CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE FAYON-FOURCADE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA LEUGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE HUGUETTE POMEL BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATIVE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EURL MAZIN CEDRIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON MALBEC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	EURL LE PETIT MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	5	LA PETITE ECOLE · FERREIRA DA SILVA DYLAN · BOUILLON EMILIENNE · ULTIMA PIZZA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	FREEDOM CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SYLVIE FAYON-FOURCADE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA LEUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE HUGUETTE POMEL BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATIVE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 1,686 peak 1982: 1,859 2023: 1,797 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,857 (2012) → 1,797 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,725 (1990) → 1,797 (2023): 4.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,022, of which 6.5 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Vergongheon): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vergongheon): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vergongheon): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vergongheon): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vergongheon): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33

Days at or below 0 °C 77.5

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 11.1 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 436 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 11.1 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 670 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at STE-FLORINE, 3.3 km away at 450 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 — 43258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43258
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
Gurgy	89	278 km N	1,723	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Saclas	91	345 km N	1,819	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Cherisy	28	402 km N	1,842	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Serquigny	27	460 km NW	1,754	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romans	38	160 km E	1,897	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Oucques La Nouvelle	41	314 km NW	1,638	54.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Romans	38	160 km E	1,897	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Gurgy	89	278 km N	1,723	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Oucques La Nouvelle	41	314 km NW	1,638	54.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saclas	91	345 km N	1,819	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Cherisy	28	402 km N	1,842	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Serquigny	27	460 km NW	1,754	55	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · 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 Vergongheon'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
Poncin	01	181 km NE	1,803	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-Lembron	63	12 km NW	2,031	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Champvans	39	253 km NE	1,460	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux	01	177 km NE	1,839	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chambre	73	233 km E	1,221	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Alby-sur-Chéran	74	216 km E	2,664	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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