Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez

Lozère · CC Mont Lozère · INSEE 48147

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

Partly served 57.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez (INSEE 48147) is in Lozère (48), part of CC Mont Lozère. Population 644 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 57.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,766 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.52	5	2.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D'ARNAUD · L'ARBRE A PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU COL · AUBERGE DES LAUBIES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELODIE REPOLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MALAVAL ANDRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL D'ARNAUD · L'ARBRE A PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	AUBERGE DU COL · AUBERGE DES LAUBIES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ELODIE REPOLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MALAVAL ANDRE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 405 peak 2012: 648 2023: 644 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 648 (2012) → 644 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 384 (1990) → 644 (2023): 67.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 454, of which 24 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 4.3 km S 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-Étienne-du-Valdonnez): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ispagnac): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.6

Days at or below 0 °C 89

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MENDE-BRENOUX weather station, 6.3 km away at 1,019 m; the village itself is at 870 m. ^[10]

The village sits 149 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MENDE-BRENOUX, 6.3 km away at 1,019 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 149 m above 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 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MENDE-BRENOUX, 6.3 km away at 1,019 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 — 48147/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48147/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48147/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48147/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48075
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
Verteillac	24	271 km NW	547	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 15 % · humidity 64 %
Verteuil-sur-Charente	16	311 km NW	580	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Fillièvres	62	661 km N	510	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 15 %
Fontenoy-le-Château	88	441 km NE	500	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Séverin	16	277 km W	784	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 %
Margut	08	585 km N	700	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Verteillac	24	271 km NW	547	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 15 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Séverin	16	277 km W	784	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 %
Verteuil-sur-Charente	16	311 km NW	580	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Fontenoy-le-Château	88	441 km NE	500	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Margut	08	585 km N	700	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Fillièvres	62	661 km N	510	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 15 %

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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-Étienne-du-Valdonnez'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
Le Bonhomme	68	495 km NE	744	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrancolin	65	305 km SW	546	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine	63	125 km N	534	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Riotord	43	109 km NE	1,195	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Allanche	15	99 km NW	773	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lullin	74	308 km NE	809	71.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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