Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole

Lozère · CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac · INSEE 48132

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole (INSEE 48132) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. Population 1,385 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 56.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 12,184 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.93	20	18.68
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.22	10	2.18
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL DU VIEUX MOULIN · CHEZ FANOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON GOEURY LEBRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR · LE CHEMIN DES SENS). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (ITECHFRANCE · LE GEVAUDAN · LES REGALS DE PAT' ISA POUR LES PETITS ET LES GRANDS · LA BELLE ETAPE, ENTRE MARGERIDE ET AUBRAC · LE BURGER ULTREIA). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · LE TROPICANA · CLUB WHY NOT). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ST REGIS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CARINE HOENNER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PIGNIDE BUFFIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE + SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE RELAIS ST ROCH). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE GALIER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	FOURNIL DU VIEUX MOULIN · CHEZ FANOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON GOEURY LEBRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SPAR · LE CHEMIN DES SENS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	6	ITECHFRANCE · LE GEVAUDAN · LES REGALS DE PAT' ISA POUR LES PETITS ET LES GRANDS · LA BELLE ETAPE, ENTRE MARGERIDE ET AUBRAC · LE BURGER ULTREIA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · LE TROPICANA · CLUB WHY NOT	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ST REGIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CARINE HOENNER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PIGNIDE BUFFIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE + SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LE RELAIS ST ROCH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE GALIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,309 2023: 1,385 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,449 (2012) → 1,385 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,928 (1990) → 1,385 (2023): -28.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,079, of which 25.3 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.8

Days at or below 0 °C 139.1▸

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 139 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE weather station, 0.4 km away at 960 m; the village itself is at 949 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ESTABLES, 18.6 km away at 1,552 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 603 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 858 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE, 0.4 km away at 960 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48132/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48132/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48132/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48132/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48132
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
Barbizon	77	412 km N	1,261	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Goudargues	30	106 km SE	1,125	64.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Félicien	07	103 km E	1,119	63	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Largentière	07	76 km E	1,450	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Terre-de-Haut	971	6,807 km W	1,463	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
Saillans	26	143 km E	1,460	62.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Largentière	07	76 km E	1,450	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Félicien	07	103 km E	1,119	63	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Goudargues	30	106 km SE	1,125	64.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Saillans	26	143 km E	1,460	62.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Barbizon	77	412 km N	1,261	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Terre-de-Haut	971	6,807 km W	1,463	55.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %

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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 Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole'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
Labergement-Sainte-Marie	25	316 km NE	1,273	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gilley	25	347 km NE	1,842	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saugues	43	24 km NE	1,652	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mouthe	25	306 km NE	1,037	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pierre-Châtel	38	190 km E	1,475	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-d'Aveillans	38	187 km E	1,711	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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