Vernassal

Identity

Vernassal (INSEE 43259) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 373 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/43259-vernassal

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 18,034 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE CHOUVELON). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 381 (2012) → 373 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 314 (1990) → 373 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 26.6 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fix-Saint-Geneys): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fix-Saint-Geneys): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Allègre): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Allègre): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vernassal): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FIX-ST-GENEYS weather station, 3 km away at 1,102 m; the village itself is at 919 m. ^[11]

The village sits 183 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 FIX-ST-GENEYS, 3 km away at 1,102 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 183 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 893 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FIX-ST-GENEYS, 3 km away at 1,102 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43259/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43259/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43259/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43259/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43095
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43003
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43259
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024