Villeneuve-d'Allier

Haute-Loire · CC des Rives du Haut Allier · INSEE 43264

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villeneuve-d'Allier (INSEE 43264) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC des Rives du Haut Allier. Population 280 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,687 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.72
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (GUINGUETTE DE VIALETTE). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLENEUVE D ALLIER AP). ^[4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE SAINT VERNY). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	GUINGUETTE DE VIALETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	VILLENEUVE D ALLIER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	HOSTELLERIE SAINT VERNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 324 peak 1982: 346 2023: 280 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 324 (2012) → 280 (2023): -13.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 288 (1990) → 280 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 42.8 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 5.6 km SFood shop — 5.7 km SBakery — 5.8 km SEGP — 5.8 km S 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 (Chilhac): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lavoûte-Chilhac): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villeneuve-d'Allier): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 11.6 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 474 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 11.6 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 631 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAVOUTE-CHILHAC, 5.2 km away at 491 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43264/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2024-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/21ca199e-5747-3e3f-9fb4-18c17c8e98b1— “Marché tous les jeudis de 17h à 19h.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43264/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43264/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43264/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43264
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
La Faurie	05	198 km E	287	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Vandenesse	58	193 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Vimenet	12	96 km S	248	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Joucas	84	205 km SE	348	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Pila-Canale	2A	583 km SE	271	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Bélesta	66	283 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 18 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vimenet	12	96 km S	248	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vandenesse	58	193 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
La Faurie	05	198 km E	287	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Joucas	84	205 km SE	348	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Bélesta	66	283 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 18 % · humidity 57 %
Pila-Canale	2A	583 km SE	271	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Villeneuve-d'Allier'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
Puimichel	04	249 km SE	246	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Bruguière	30	146 km SE	332	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Aiguines	83	277 km SE	274	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne	73	228 km E	220	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chamalières-sur-Loire	43	47 km E	506	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sigale	06	320 km SE	204	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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