Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française (INSEE 48144) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère. Population 303 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 17,846 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.71 |
| Housing mix | 0.27 | 5 | 1.33 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PHILIPPE ET). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (M.D.EPICERIE). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LA BARAKA · RESTAURANT L'OULTRE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINTE-CROIX-VALLÉE FRANÇAISE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LOU TREILLAT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PHILIPPE ET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | M.D.EPICERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | LA BARAKA · RESTAURANT L'OULTRE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINTE-CROIX-VALLÉE FRANÇAISE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | BAIGNADE AMENAGEE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | CAMPING LOU TREILLAT | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 324 (2012) → 303 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 312 (1990) → 303 (2023): -2.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 308, of which 36.7 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-André-de-Valborgne): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST MARTIN DE LANSUSCLE weather station, 3.7 km away at 643 m; the village itself is at 348 m. [11]
The village sits 295 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST MARTIN DE LANSUSCLE, 3.7 km away at 643 m, over 16 summers. [11]
That station sits 295 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,480 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 15.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST MARTIN DE LANSUSCLE, 3.7 km away at 643 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
17 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 195,000 € — 1,903 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Lozère is 1,319 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
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
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48144/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48144/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48144/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48144/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48144
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30231
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48148
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vollore-Montagne | 63 | 179 km N | 312 | 38.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Privat-d'Allier | 43 | 90 km N | 394 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Castelnaud-la-Chapelle | 24 | 217 km W | 451 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 07 | 79 km NE | 209 | 53.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Aldudes | 64 | 433 km W | 332 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-de-Calberte | 48 | 6.9 km NE | 456 | 61.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-de-Calberte | 48 | 6.9 km NE | 456 | 61.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 07 | 79 km NE | 209 | 53.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Privat-d'Allier | 43 | 90 km N | 394 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vollore-Montagne | 63 | 179 km N | 312 | 38.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Castelnaud-la-Chapelle | 24 | 217 km W | 451 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Aldudes | 64 | 433 km W | 332 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touffailles | 82 | 215 km W | 330 | 31.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rocamadour | 46 | 182 km NW | 597 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marcilhac-sur-Célé | 46 | 162 km W | 173 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moissac-Vallée-Française | 48 | 4.0 km SE | 216 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bocognano | 2A | 491 km SE | 419 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan | 34 | 101 km SW | 302 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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