La Malène

Identity

La Malène (INSEE 48088) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Gorges Causses Cévennes. Population 130 (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/48088-la-malene

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 12,923 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL MALENAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE SERVY). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAISON VACCARD). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE MANOIR DE MONTESQUIOU · LA TABLE DE LISA · PANORAMA DU ROC DES HOURTOUS). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DE L EMBARCADERE · LE MANOIR DE MONTESQUIOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 158 (2012) → 130 (2023): -17.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 188 (1990) → 130 (2023): -30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 203, of which 66 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

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

Food shop (La Malène): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gorges du Tarn Causses): 10.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meyrueis): 16.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Hures-la-Parade): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST PIERRE-DES-TRIPIERS weather station, 6.4 km away at 929 m; the village itself is at 473 m. ^[12]

The village sits 456 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST PIERRE-DES-TRIPIERS, 6.4 km away at 929 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 456 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST PIERRE-DES-TRIPIERS, 6.4 km away at 929 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48088/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48088/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48088/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48088/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48088
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48146
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48096
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48074
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024