Pied-de-Borne

Lozère · CC Mont Lozère · INSEE 48015

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pied-de-Borne (INSEE 48015) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Mont Lozère. Population 208 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 16,179 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.5	10	5.05
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MA COOP- LA VIE AU VERT : L ESSENTIEL POUR VIVRE · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE COOPERATIVE DES 3 RIVIERES · KEPACHA · LA TAVERNE DE L'AIGA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PIED DE BORNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (DÉPÔT LECTURE DE PIED DE BORNE AGENCE POSTALE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LES GORGES DU CHASSEZAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES GORGES DU CHASSEZAC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	MA COOP- LA VIE AU VERT : L ESSENTIEL POUR VIVRE · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	3	AUBERGE COOPERATIVE DES 3 RIVIERES · KEPACHA · LA TAVERNE DE L'AIGA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	PIED DE BORNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	DÉPÔT LECTURE DE PIED DE BORNE AGENCE POSTALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES GORGES DU CHASSEZAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LES GORGES DU CHASSEZAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 344 2023: 208 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 218 (2012) → 208 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 208 (2023): 0.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 337, of which 61.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.7 km SWPharmacy — 5.7 km SWGP — 6.0 km SW 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 (Villefort): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pied-de-Borne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefort): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villefort): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pied-de-Borne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.6

Days at or below 0 °C 33.2

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLEFORT weather station, 5.8 km away at 620 m; the village itself is at 347 m. ^[10]

The village sits 273 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALTIER, 10.8 km away at 900 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 553 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,837 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 19.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLEFORT, 5.8 km away at 620 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 — 48015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48015
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 Llagonne	66	264 km SW	230	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Fayet	12	111 km SW	235	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Prévenchères	48	7.9 km NW	267	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-Louis	66	265 km SW	153	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Les Salles-sur-Verdon	83	194 km SE	236	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bonlieu	39	278 km NE	223	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Prévenchères	48	7.9 km NW	267	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Fayet	12	111 km SW	235	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Les Salles-sur-Verdon	83	194 km SE	236	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Llagonne	66	264 km SW	230	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-Louis	66	265 km SW	153	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Bonlieu	39	278 km NE	223	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 18 % · 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 Pied-de-Borne'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
Fozzano	2A	511 km SE	210	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sénéchas	30	17 km S	247	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lurais	36	342 km NW	226	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martial	30	53 km S	177	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Aullène	2A	511 km SE	184	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Soudorgues	30	47 km S	269	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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