Rimeize

Identity

Rimeize (INSEE 48128) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. Population 623 (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/48128-rimeize

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 48 % of the 16,844 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ CLEM). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUELINE ET EDMOND FOURNIER). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 587 (2012) → 623 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 458 (1990) → 623 (2023): 36 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 414, of which 29.2 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Chély-d'Apcher): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Peyre en Aubrac): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rimeize): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the ST ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE weather station, 5.3 km away at 960 m; the village itself is at 943 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE BUISSON, 16.3 km away at 1,088 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 145 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 858 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE, 5.3 km away at 960 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

20 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 103,000 € — 1,043 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Lozère is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48128/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48128/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48128/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48128/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48140
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48009
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48132
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 48128
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025