Rocles

Lozère · CC du Haut Allier Margeride · INSEE 48129

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rocles (INSEE 48129) is in Lozère (48), part of CC du Haut Allier Margeride. Population 249 (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/48129-rocles

Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,194 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.8	10	7.97
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES ECURIES DE PALHERES). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hotel (RELAIS AUBERGE DE PALHERES). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING RONDIN DES BOIS · CAMPING DE LA RODE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	LES ECURIES DE PALHERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	ROCLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	DÉPÔT LECTURE DE ROCLES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	RELAIS AUBERGE DE PALHERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	2	CAMPING RONDIN DES BOIS · CAMPING DE LA RODE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 287 2023: 249 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 230 (2012) → 249 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 192 (1990) → 249 (2023): 29.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 50.2 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.8 km EBakery — 6.0 km EFood shop — 6.0 km EPharmacy — 6.1 km E 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 (Langogne): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Langogne): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Langogne): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Langogne): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rocles): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 126▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 126 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NAUSSAC weather station, 5.3 km away at 967 m; the village itself is at 1,114 m. ^[10]

The village sits 147 m above 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NAUSSAC, 5.3 km away at 967 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 147 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NAUSSAC, 5.3 km away at 967 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 — 48129/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48129/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48129/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48129/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48080
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48129
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
Ventalon en Cévennes	48	48 km S	253	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Curemonte	19	164 km W	219	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Serralongue	66	276 km S	244	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Devesset	07	62 km NE	310	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Gavaudun	47	230 km W	302	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Izaire	12	118 km SW	314	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ventalon en Cévennes	48	48 km S	253	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Devesset	07	62 km NE	310	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Izaire	12	118 km SW	314	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Curemonte	19	164 km W	219	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Gavaudun	47	230 km W	302	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Serralongue	66	276 km S	244	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Rocles's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grandrif	63	88 km N	199	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chantepérier	38	175 km E	213	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gentioux-Pigerolles	23	184 km NW	398	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès	07	15 km SE	406	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pinols	43	48 km NW	181	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sembadel	43	63 km N	247	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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