Gatuzières
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 16.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gatuzières (INSEE 48069) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Gorges Causses Cévennes. Population 52 (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 16.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 5,097 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.74 | 10 | 7.38 |
| 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 (AU FOUR ET AU JARDIN). [3,4]
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]
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 | AU FOUR ET AU JARDIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 52 (2012) → 52 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 42 (1990) → 52 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 66, of which 54.5 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Meyrueis): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Meyrueis): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Meyrueis): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Meyrueis): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Meyrueis): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the GATUZIERES_SAPC weather station, 0.8 km away at 965 m; the village itself is at 832 m. [9]
The village sits 133 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 BASSURELS, 11.2 km away at 1,042 m, over 19 summers. [9]
That station sits 210 m above 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 919 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at GATUZIERES_SAPC, 0.8 km away at 965 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 — 48069/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48069/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48069/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48069/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48096
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altagène | 2A | 532 km SE | 52 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Matra | 2B | 523 km E | 54 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 21 % |
| Fosse | 66 | 179 km SW | 52 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sainte-Catherine | 63 | 139 km N | 57 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-des-Chazes | 43 | 95 km N | 52 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grandvals | 48 | 70 km NW | 61 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandvals | 48 | 70 km NW | 61 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-des-Chazes | 43 | 95 km N | 52 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Catherine | 63 | 139 km N | 57 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fosse | 66 | 179 km SW | 52 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 % |
| Matra | 2B | 523 km E | 54 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 21 % |
| Altagène | 2A | 532 km SE | 52 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Gatuzières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Rialet | 81 | 109 km SW | 63 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaulieu-en-Argonne | 55 | 551 km N | 37 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lioux-les-Monges | 23 | 211 km N | 51 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle | 19 | 148 km NW | 41 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Saturnin | 48 | 34 km NW | 56 | 4.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lafarre | 07 | 127 km NE | 45 | 2.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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