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Paulhac-en-Margeride

Lozère · CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac · INSEE 48110

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

No daily shops 11.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Paulhac-en-Margeride (INSEE 48110) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. Population 87 (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 11.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 9,243 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.19101.85
Housing mix0.3451.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LE BON ACCUEIL). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AUBERGE LE BON ACCUEILINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 192 2023: 87 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 102 (2012) → 87 (2023): -14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 127 (1990) → 87 (2023): -31.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 79, of which 32.9 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 9.1 km NW (Clavières)Food shop — 10.6 km S (Le Malzieu-Ville)GP — 10.6 km S (Le Malzieu-Ville)Primary school — 10.9 km S (Le Malzieu-Ville)Pharmacy — 10.9 km S (Le Malzieu-Ville)
Bakery — 9.1 km NWFood shop — 10.6 km SGP — 10.6 km SPrimary school — 10.9 km SPharmacy — 10.9 km S 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 (Clavières): 9.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Malzieu-Ville): 10.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Le Malzieu-Ville): 10.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Le Malzieu-Ville): 10.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Le Malzieu-Ville): 10.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PAULHAC EN MARGERIDE_SAPC weather station, 0.1 km away at 1,170 m; the village itself is at 1,163 m. [10]

An average of 1,063 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PAULHAC EN MARGERIDE_SAPC, 0.1 km away at 1,170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48110/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48110/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48110/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48110/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15051
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48090
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rennes-le-Château11242 km S8919No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès81141 km SW8413No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 38 %
Marcilly-et-Dracy21286 km N8415.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 36 %
Les Rouges-Eaux88452 km NE8015.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %
Salérans05200 km E7820.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 99 %
Mazoires6356 km NW9711.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mazoires6356 km NW9711.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès81141 km SW8413No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 38 %
Salérans05200 km E7820.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 5 % · winter 99 %
Rennes-le-Château11242 km S8919No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Marcilly-et-Dracy21286 km N8415.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 36 %
Les Rouges-Eaux88452 km NE8015.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %

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