Prunières

Lozère · CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac · INSEE 48121

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

No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prunières (INSEE 48121) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. Population 226 (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/48121-prunieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 16,695 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.37
Housing mix	0.38	5	1.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 214 peak 2012: 261 2023: 226 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 261 (2012) → 226 (2023): -13.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 169 (1990) → 226 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 195, of which 30.8 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.6 km NPharmacy — 3.3 km NBakery — 3.4 km NGP — 3.5 km N 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 (Le Malzieu-Ville): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Malzieu-Ville): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Malzieu-Ville): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Malzieu-Ville): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Prunières): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.8

Days at or below 0 °C 139.1▸

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 139 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE weather station, 5.8 km away at 960 m; the village itself is at 999 m. ^[10]

An average of 844 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE MALZIEU, 3.2 km away at 859 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48121
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
Escos	64	379 km W	237	15.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 0 %
Arnave	09	258 km SW	208	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 18 %
Saint-Pierre-Colamine	63	83 km N	247	16.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Saint-André-Capcèze	48	66 km SE	206	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre	18	302 km N	202	14.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 5 %
Butot-Vénesville	76	592 km N	230	16	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-Capcèze	48	66 km SE	206	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Pierre-Colamine	63	83 km N	247	16.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Arnave	09	258 km SW	208	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 18 %
Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre	18	302 km N	202	14.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 5 %
Escos	64	379 km W	237	15.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 0 %
Butot-Vénesville	76	592 km N	230	16	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 0 %

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