Grandrieu

Identity

Grandrieu (INSEE 48070) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Randon - Margeride. Population 736 (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/48070-grandrieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 96 % of the 16,146 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

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL ROLLAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON VIGNAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MAG). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MAZIMBERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SABINE FERRER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU FOIRAIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (DÉPÔT LECTURE DE GRANDRIEU). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING LE VIEUX MOULIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 759 (2012) → 736 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 844 (1990) → 736 (2023): -12.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 680, of which 43.5 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Grandrieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grandrieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Grandrieu): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bel-Air-Val-d'Ance): 7.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Grandrieu): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GRANDRIEU weather station, 0.4 km away at 1,163 m; the village itself is at 1,143 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NAUSSAC, 15.9 km away at 967 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 176 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 855 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GRANDRIEU, 0.4 km away at 1,163 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48070/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48070/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48070/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48070/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48070
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48038
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024