Luc

Lozère · CC du Haut Allier Margeride · INSEE 48086

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luc (INSEE 48086) is in Lozère (48), part of CC du Haut Allier Margeride. Population 208 (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/48086-luc

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 16,179 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.48	10	4.81
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE COULON). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE COULON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LUC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	DÉPÔT LECTURE DE LUC MAIRIE DE LUC	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LUC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 345 2023: 208 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 230 (2012) → 208 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 208 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 382, of which 74.1 % second homes and 0.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.5 km EFood shop — 6.3 km SPharmacy — 6.5 km SGP — 7.9 km SE 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 (Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bastide-Puylaurent): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Laurent-les-Bains-Laval-d'Aurelle): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Bastide-Puylaurent): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Luc): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 107.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 108 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NAUSSAC weather station, 12 km away at 967 m; the village itself is at 996 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at NAUSSAC, 12 km away at 967 m, over 21 summers. ^[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, 10.5 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07232
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48086
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
Altier	48	20 km S	213	23	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Bonnet-Laval	48	23 km NW	258	14.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Donat	63	130 km NW	198	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Les Plantiers	30	61 km S	228	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Ascros	06	262 km E	174	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Mhère	58	284 km N	226	13.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Altier	48	20 km S	213	23	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Bonnet-Laval	48	23 km NW	258	14.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Les Plantiers	30	61 km S	228	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Donat	63	130 km NW	198	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Ascros	06	262 km E	174	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 %
Mhère	58	284 km N	226	13.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Luc'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
Alleyras	43	33 km NW	152	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martial	07	39 km NE	269	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Condat-lès-Montboissier	63	105 km N	228	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Champdray	88	445 km NE	192	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pérols-sur-Vézère	19	182 km NW	201	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Port	09	283 km SW	169	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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