Auroux

Identity

Auroux (INSEE 48010) is in Lozère (48), part of CC du Haut Allier Margeride. Population 364 (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/48010-auroux

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,057 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DEPOT DE PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PAIX · L'HOTEL DU COMMERCE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AUROUX LPA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (DÉPÔT LECTURE D'AUROUX). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (COMMUNE AUROUX CAMPING MUNI). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 423 (2012) → 364 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 395 (1990) → 364 (2023): -7.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 415, of which 56.1 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Auroux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grandrieu): 8.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Grandrieu): 8.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Langogne): 10.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rocles): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 114 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NAUSSAC weather station, 8 km away at 967 m; the village itself is at 1,024 m. ^[12]

The village sits 57 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at NAUSSAC, 8 km away at 967 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NAUSSAC, 8 km away at 967 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48010/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48010/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48010/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48010/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48010
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48070
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48080
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48129
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024