Fournels

Lozère · CC des Hautes Terres de l'Aubrac · INSEE 48064

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fournels (INSEE 48064) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Hautes Terres de l'Aubrac. Population 371 (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 53.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 18,041 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.91
Housing mix	0.28	5	1.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SAINT CHELY JUSTIN · LA TABLE FOURNELAISE · NCVM). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE EMILIE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BASTIEN ARPAJOU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR BASTIEN ARPAJOU). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (KUZAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LES HAMEAUX DE LOZERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE FOURNELS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PROXI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	SAINT CHELY JUSTIN · LA TABLE FOURNELAISE · NCVM	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE EMILIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	BASTIEN ARPAJOU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR BASTIEN ARPAJOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	FOURNELS LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	KUZAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES HAMEAUX DE LOZERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE FOURNELS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 347 peak 2012: 374 2023: 371 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 374 (2012) → 371 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 340 (1990) → 371 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 335, of which 36.1 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Fournels): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fournels): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fournels): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fournels): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fournels): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.9

Days at or below 0 °C 80.4

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FAU DE PEYRE weather station, 9.3 km away at 1,163 m; the village itself is at 963 m. ^[9]

The village sits 200 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]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BRION, 8.7 km away at 1,217 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 — 48064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48064
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
Santa-Maria-Siché	2A	575 km SE	364	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 0 %
Chaux-des-Crotenay	39	301 km NE	409	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 35 %
Sainte-Jalle	26	179 km E	330	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 45 %
Monteils	12	108 km SW	461	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 74 %
Olette	66	261 km S	360	43.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Massignac	16	221 km NW	358	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 30 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monteils	12	108 km SW	461	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 74 %
Sainte-Jalle	26	179 km E	330	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 45 %
Massignac	16	221 km NW	358	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 30 %
Olette	66	261 km S	360	43.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Chaux-des-Crotenay	39	301 km NE	409	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 35 %
Santa-Maria-Siché	2A	575 km SE	364	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 0 %

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