Cassagnas

Identity

Cassagnas (INSEE 48036) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Gorges Causses Cévennes. Population 126 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/48036-cassagnas

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 12,633 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (L'ANCIENNE GARE). ^[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, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 116 (2012) → 126 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 116 (1990) → 126 (2023): 8.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 58.4 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Germain-de-Calberte): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-de-Calberte): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère): 10.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère): 10.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST MARTIN DE LANSUSCLE weather station, 7.3 km away at 643 m; the village itself is at 854 m. ^[11]

The village sits 211 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST MARTIN DE LANSUSCLE, 7.3 km away at 643 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 211 m below 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 1,763 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 15.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CASSAGNAS, 0.1 km away at 801 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48036/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48036/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48036/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48036/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48155
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48116
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48171
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024