Cubières
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cubières (INSEE 48053) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Mont Lozère. Population 187 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 69 % of the 15,590 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 4.03 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L' AILE OU LA CUISSE LOZERIENNE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CUBIÈRES). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT BARGETON). [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, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | L' AILE OU LA CUISSE LOZERIENNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CUBIÈRES | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT BARGETON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 164 (2012) → 187 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 207 (1990) → 187 (2023): -9.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 357, of which 69.2 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mont Lozère et Goulet): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mont Lozère et Goulet): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Mont Lozère et Goulet): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mont Lozère et Goulet): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Mont Lozère et Goulet): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LE BLEYMARD_SAPC weather station, 3.1 km away at 1,418 m; the village itself is at 983 m. [9]
The village sits 435 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ALTIER, 6.8 km away at 900 m, over 25 summers. [9]
That station sits 83 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,166 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LE BLEYMARD_SAPC, 3.1 km away at 1,418 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48053/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48053/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48053/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48053/logement/2023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larrau | 64 | 413 km W | 179 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 % |
| Arrigas | 30 | 59 km SW | 219 | 25.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean | 07 | 27 km E | 195 | 26.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Port | 09 | 263 km SW | 169 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prads-Haute-Bléone | 04 | 214 km E | 172 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 26 % |
| Brezons | 15 | 94 km NW | 177 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean | 07 | 27 km E | 195 | 26.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arrigas | 30 | 59 km SW | 219 | 25.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brezons | 15 | 94 km NW | 177 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Prads-Haute-Bléone | 04 | 214 km E | 172 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 26 % |
| Le Port | 09 | 263 km SW | 169 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Larrau | 64 | 413 km W | 179 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Cubières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brezons | 15 | 94 km NW | 177 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cros | 63 | 145 km NW | 171 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valcivières | 63 | 125 km N | 227 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Soulié | 34 | 134 km SW | 137 | 27.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Clément-de-Valorgue | 63 | 115 km N | 239 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs | 03 | 176 km N | 146 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
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