Châteauneuf-de-Randon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Châteauneuf-de-Randon (INSEE 48043) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Randon - Margeride. Population 516 (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 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 17,717 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.55 | 5 | 2.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ ANGELIQUE & VALENTIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BOUQUET). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE PONT RODIER · L OUSTALLET). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (ASSOCIATION AU PLAISIR DU LIVRE). [3]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL LE GRAND CONNETABLE · HOTEL DE LA POSTE ET DES VOYAGEURS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | CHEZ ANGELIQUE & VALENTIN | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE BOUQUET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE PONT RODIER · L OUSTALLET | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | ASSOCIATION AU PLAISIR DU LIVRE | 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 | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL LE GRAND CONNETABLE · HOTEL DE LA POSTE ET DES VOYAGEURS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 544 (2012) → 516 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 536 (1990) → 516 (2023): -3.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 22.5 % second homes and 17.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Auroux): 13.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Châteauneuf-de-Randon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Mont Lozère et Goulet): 15.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Mont Lozère et Goulet): 14.8 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Châteauneuf-de-Randon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 129 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF-DE-RANDON weather station, 0.5 km away at 1,247 m; the village itself is at 1,276 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ESTABLES, 10.5 km away at 1,552 m, over 10 summers. [11]
That station sits 276 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 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF-DE-RANDON, 0.5 km away at 1,247 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 — 48043/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48043/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48043/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48043/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48010
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48043
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48027
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pertuis | 43 | 59 km NE | 576 | 56.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Puylaroque | 82 | 169 km W | 719 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cevins | 73 | 242 km NE | 706 | 48.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pouillé | 41 | 350 km NW | 774 | 48.7 | Partly served | no figures |
| Puimoisson | 04 | 214 km SE | 694 | 60.1 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombier-le-Vieux | 07 | 93 km NE | 690 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pertuis | 43 | 59 km NE | 576 | 56.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombier-le-Vieux | 07 | 93 km NE | 690 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puylaroque | 82 | 169 km W | 719 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Puimoisson | 04 | 214 km SE | 694 | 60.1 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cevins | 73 | 242 km NE | 706 | 48.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pouillé | 41 | 350 km NW | 774 | 48.7 | Partly served | no figures |
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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 Châteauneuf-de-Randon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brénod | 01 | 218 km NE | 576 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pradelles | 43 | 22 km NE | 531 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arith | 73 | 224 km NE | 456 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sirod | 39 | 294 km NE | 543 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-et-Chantegrue | 25 | 313 km NE | 689 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champdor-Corcelles | 01 | 215 km NE | 665 | 30.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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