Balsièges

Lozère · CC Coeur de Lozère · INSEE 48016

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Balsièges (INSEE 48016) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Coeur de Lozère. Population 608 (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/48016-balsieges

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 16,983 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.92	10	9.21
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.93

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 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE CABANON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BALSIEGES LPR LE LUXEMBOURG RP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU LUXEMBOURG). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	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	LE CABANON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU LION	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	BALSIEGES LPR LE LUXEMBOURG RP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU LUXEMBOURG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 365 2023: 608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 529 (2012) → 608 (2023): 14.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 428 (1990) → 608 (2023): 42.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 357, of which 20.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.7 km NEBakery — 4.1 km SEFood shop — 4.3 km NEPharmacy — 4.6 km NEGP — 5.0 km NE 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 (Saint-Bauzile): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mende): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mende): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mende): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Balsièges): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 83.6

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MENDE-VILLE weather station, 4.7 km away at 710 m; the village itself is at 683 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MENDE, 5.7 km away at 932 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 249 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 825 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MENDE-VILLE, 4.7 km away at 710 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 — 48016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48137
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48016
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
Puchay	27	560 km N	605	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Séglin	35	563 km NW	610	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Crouy-sur-Cosson	41	380 km N	507	27	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Barbazan	31	279 km SW	512	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Cheilly-lès-Maranges	71	285 km N	515	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Chailly-en-Gâtinais	45	392 km N	694	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Barbazan	31	279 km SW	512	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Cheilly-lès-Maranges	71	285 km N	515	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Crouy-sur-Cosson	41	380 km N	507	27	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Chailly-en-Gâtinais	45	392 km N	694	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Puchay	27	560 km N	605	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Séglin	35	563 km NW	610	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 20 % · 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 Balsièges'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
Chalmoux	71	237 km N	639	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Matafelon-Granges	01	257 km NE	623	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Thiéfosse	88	462 km NE	593	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Primarette	38	161 km NE	686	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Navour-sur-Grosne	71	227 km N	660	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Montcarra	38	198 km NE	612	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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