Prinsuéjols-Malbouzon
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Prinsuéjols-Malbouzon (INSEE 48087) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Hautes Terres de l'Aubrac. Population 246 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Prinsuéjols (48120). [3]
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 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 17,149 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.21 | 10 | 2.09 |
| Housing mix | 0.18 | 5 | 0.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [4,5]
2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU ROC DE LA GUSE). [5,4]
1 × Café / bar (AU BON ACCUEIL). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MALBOUZON RP). [5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | AUBERGE DU ROC DE LA GUSE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [5,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | AU BON ACCUEIL | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MALBOUZON RP | INSEE BPE 1 [5] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 294 (2012) → 246 (2023): -16.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 347 (1990) → 246 (2023): -29.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 40.8 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Nasbinals): 8.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Nasbinals): 8.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Nasbinals): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Fournels): 13.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Nasbinals): 8.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FAU DE PEYRE weather station, 9.2 km away at 1,163 m; the village itself is at 1,173 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LE BUISSON, 11 km away at 1,088 m, over 19 summers. [11]
That station sits 85 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MALBOUZON, 0.1 km away at 1,174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48087/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48087/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48087/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48087/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48104
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochepaule | 07 | 112 km E | 237 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gargilesse-Dampierre | 36 | 234 km NW | 262 | 26.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 11 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-André-en-Vivarais | 07 | 111 km NE | 212 | 24.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Bussière | 86 | 280 km NW | 298 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo | 2B | 580 km SE | 330 | 26 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bessas | 07 | 101 km SE | 234 | 27.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessas | 07 | 101 km SE | 234 | 27.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-André-en-Vivarais | 07 | 111 km NE | 212 | 24.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rochepaule | 07 | 112 km E | 237 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gargilesse-Dampierre | 36 | 234 km NW | 262 | 26.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 11 % · humidity 71 % |
| La Bussière | 86 | 280 km NW | 298 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo | 2B | 580 km SE | 330 | 26 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Prinsuéjols-Malbouzon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantoin | 12 | 30 km NW | 312 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Buisson | 48 | 11 km SE | 221 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Victor-la-Rivière | 63 | 96 km N | 239 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaudeyrac | 48 | 49 km E | 291 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Haon | 43 | 52 km E | 276 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alleuze | 15 | 29 km N | 224 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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