Chastanier

Identity

Chastanier (INSEE 48041) is in Lozère (48), part of CC du Haut Allier Margeride. Population 76 (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/48041-chastanier

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 8,064 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'EPHEMERE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES SOUS BOIS DU LAC · CAMPING DU PONT DE BRAYE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 94 (2012) → 76 (2023): -19.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 113 (1990) → 76 (2023): -32.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 95, of which 50.5 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Auroux): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Langogne): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Langogne): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Langogne): 8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rocles): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 122 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NAUSSAC weather station, 6.3 km away at 967 m; the village itself is at 1,080 m. ^[11]

The village sits 113 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 NAUSSAC, 6.3 km away at 967 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 113 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 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NAUSSAC, 6.3 km away at 967 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 200,000 € — 1,313 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Lozère is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48041/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48041/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48041/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48041/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48010
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48080
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48129
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025