Chaudeyrac

Identity

Chaudeyrac (INSEE 48045) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Randon - Margeride. Population 291 (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/48045-chaudeyrac

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,748 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]

2 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAUDEYRAC AP). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DE FRANCE · LA HALTE DE FOUZILHAC). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 308 (2012) → 291 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 235 (1990) → 291 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 48.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Auroux): 10.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteauneuf-de-Randon): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Langogne): 9.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Langogne): 10.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rocles): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF-DE-RANDON weather station, 6.6 km away at 1,247 m; the village itself is at 1,161 m. ^[12]

The village sits 86 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NAUSSAC, 11.3 km away at 967 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 194 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 877 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHAUDEYRAC, 0.6 km away at 1,140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48045/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48045/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48045/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48045/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48010
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48043
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48080
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48129
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024