Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire (INSEE 48150) is in Lozère (48), part of CC du Haut Allier Margeride. Population 185 (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 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 15,524 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.31 | 5 | 1.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 189 (2012) → 185 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 113 (1990) → 185 (2023): 63.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 34.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Langogne): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Langogne): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Langogne): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Langogne): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 117 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the NAUSSAC weather station, 5.7 km away at 967 m; the village itself is at 1,046 m. [10]
The village sits 79 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, 5.7 km away at 967 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 79 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, 5.7 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 — 48150/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48150/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48150/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48150/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48080
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48150
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre | 18 | 328 km N | 202 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 % |
| Plan-de-Baix | 26 | 106 km E | 162 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-André-Capcèze | 48 | 33 km S | 206 | 21.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Molinot | 21 | 264 km N | 175 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Entrevernes | 74 | 222 km NE | 191 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arnave | 09 | 270 km SW | 208 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-Capcèze | 48 | 33 km S | 206 | 21.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plan-de-Baix | 26 | 106 km E | 162 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Entrevernes | 74 | 222 km NE | 191 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 % |
| Molinot | 21 | 264 km N | 175 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arnave | 09 | 270 km SW | 208 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre | 18 | 328 km N | 202 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 % |
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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-Flour-de-Mercoire'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson | 63 | 96 km N | 268 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ordonnaz | 01 | 184 km NE | 151 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Puy-Saint-Eusèbe | 05 | 204 km E | 191 | 27.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beyrède-Jumet-Camous | 65 | 338 km SW | 194 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pelouse | 48 | 22 km SW | 231 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villeneuve-d'Amont | 25 | 302 km NE | 213 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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