Prévenchères

Identity

Prévenchères (INSEE 48119) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Mont Lozère. Population 267 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/48119-prevencheres

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,524 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA REGORDANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU VIEUX TILLEUL). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE PRÉVENCHÈRES BUREAU DE LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNI DE PREVENCHERES · CAMPING LES PERVENCHES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 257 (2012) → 267 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 192 (1990) → 267 (2023): 39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 324, of which 60.8 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villefort): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pied-de-Borne): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefort): 9.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Bastide-Puylaurent): 7.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Prévenchères): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ALTIER weather station, 5.5 km away at 900 m; the village itself is at 847 m. ^[12]

The village sits 53 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 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ALTIER, 5.5 km away at 900 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 53 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 1,159 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ALTIER, 5.5 km away at 900 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 — 48119/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48119/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48119/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48119/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48198
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48015
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48021
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48119
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024