Albaret-Sainte-Marie

Lozère · CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac · INSEE 48002

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Albaret-Sainte-Marie (INSEE 48002) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. Population 559 (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/48002-albaret-sainte-marie

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,438 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAZARS JEAN PHILIPPE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (MC DONALD'S · BRASSERIE LE GRAND L · BIOBRAC, MIAM, WOK&PLANCHA, PIZ,). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LE ROCHER BLANC · HOTEL CHÂTEAU D'ORFEUILLETTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAZARS JEAN PHILIPPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	MC DONALD'S · BRASSERIE LE GRAND L · BIOBRAC, MIAM, WOK&PLANCHA, PIZ,	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	LA GARDE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LE ROCHER BLANC · HOTEL CHÂTEAU D'ORFEUILLETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 320 peak 2012: 569 2023: 559 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 569 (2012) → 559 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 338 (1990) → 559 (2023): 65.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 342, of which 18.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 7.2 km SEPharmacy — 7.3 km SEGP — 7.4 km E 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 (Le Malzieu-Ville): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Albaret-Sainte-Marie): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Malzieu-Ville): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Malzieu-Ville): 7.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Albaret-Sainte-Marie): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 126.7▸

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 127 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST CHELY-D APCHER weather station, 7.5 km away at 1,032 m; the village itself is at 1,042 m. ^[10]

An average of 844 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE MALZIEU, 7.3 km away at 859 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48002
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
Valeyrac	33	330 km W	552	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Lessac	16	240 km NW	549	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Calviac-en-Périgord	24	151 km W	546	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 0 %
Le Cloître-Pleyben	29	662 km NW	502	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	240 km NE	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 4 %
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay	70	362 km NE	555	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 42 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Calviac-en-Périgord	24	151 km W	546	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 0 %
Lessac	16	240 km NW	549	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	240 km NE	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 4 %
Valeyrac	33	330 km W	552	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay	70	362 km NE	555	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 42 %
Le Cloître-Pleyben	29	662 km NW	502	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %

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