Vieille-Brioude

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43262

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieille-Brioude (INSEE 43262) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 1,236 (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/43262-vieille-brioude

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 13,038 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.73	10	7.27
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O' COIN DES DELICES · SARL FANNY ET AXEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA MAISON 1150). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIEILLE BRIOUDE LPR RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE DE LA BAGEASSE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (JENNYF'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LES GLYCINES). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	O' COIN DES DELICES · SARL FANNY ET AXEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LA MAISON 1150	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VIEILLE BRIOUDE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BAIGNADE DE LA BAGEASSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	JENNYF'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES GLYCINES	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

1968: 600 2023: 1,236 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,225 (2012) → 1,236 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,007 (1990) → 1,236 (2023): 22.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 855, of which 13.9 % second homes and 17.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.9 km NWFood shop — 3.1 km NEPharmacy — 3.4 km NW 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 (Vieille-Brioude): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontannes): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brioude): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Brioude): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vieille-Brioude): 0.3 km to the north (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. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 4.1 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 4.1 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 607 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTANNES, 4.1 km away at 435 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43262/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43262/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43262/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43262/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43040
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
Tonquédec	22	640 km NW	1,201	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Bon Repos sur Blavet	22	597 km NW	1,248	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Arsac-en-Velay	43	52 km SE	1,219	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marçon	72	351 km NW	1,057	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 41 %
Durdat-Larequille	03	123 km NW	1,280	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Monthou-sur-Cher	41	283 km NW	986	44	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arsac-en-Velay	43	52 km SE	1,219	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Durdat-Larequille	03	123 km NW	1,280	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Monthou-sur-Cher	41	283 km NW	986	44	Partly served	no figures
Marçon	72	351 km NW	1,057	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 41 %
Bon Repos sur Blavet	22	597 km NW	1,248	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Tonquédec	22	640 km NW	1,201	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 15 % · 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 Vieille-Brioude'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
Scientrier	74	245 km NE	1,273	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Deux Rivières	89	270 km N	1,245	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Chignin	73	205 km E	923	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Magnet	03	106 km N	1,053	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Crots	05	255 km E	1,195	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Voutezac	19	154 km W	1,249	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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