Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux

Lozère · CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère · INSEE 48170

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux (INSEE 48170) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère. Population 196 (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/48170-saint-martin-de-boubaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 15,841 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.82	10	8.15
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 0 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 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TERRASSE DU GALEIZON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN DE BOUBAUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT MARTIN DE BOUBAUX). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	LA TERRASSE DU GALEIZON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SAINT MARTIN DE BOUBAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT MARTIN DE BOUBAUX	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	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: 192 2023: 196 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 181 (2012) → 196 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 149 (1990) → 196 (2023): 31.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 50.6 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.9 km NBakery — 5.0 km NFood shop — 5.0 km NGP — 5.0 km NPharmacy — 5.0 km N 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 (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.7

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE COLLET-SAUVEPLANE weather station, 6.6 km away at 490 m; the village itself is at 498 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST-ETIENNE-VALLEE-FRANCAISE, 6.6 km away at 518 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,610 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 17.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE COLLET-SAUVEPLANE, 6.6 km away at 490 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 — 48170/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48170/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48170/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48170/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48051
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
Chantepérier	38	184 km NE	213	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Gros-Chastang	19	189 km NW	181	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Fontanges	15	152 km NW	213	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Monistrol-d'Allier	43	88 km N	226	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel	63	141 km N	211	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amandin	15	160 km NW	225	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monistrol-d'Allier	43	88 km N	226	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel	63	141 km N	211	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Fontanges	15	152 km NW	213	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amandin	15	160 km NW	225	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Chantepérier	38	184 km NE	213	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Gros-Chastang	19	189 km NW	181	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 88 % · 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 Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux'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
Malbosc	07	20 km NE	146	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Izaire	12	99 km W	314	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Espinas	82	167 km W	211	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Arphy	30	33 km SW	139	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ginals	82	164 km W	203	9.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bouzic	24	222 km W	160	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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