Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue

Lozère · CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère · INSEE 48178

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue (INSEE 48178) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère. Population 274 (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/48178-saint-privat-de-vallongue

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,590 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.57	10	5.75
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PHENIX). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		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	1	LE PHENIX	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)	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	SAINT PRIVAT DE VALLONGUE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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: 277 2023: 274 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 263 (2012) → 274 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 255 (1990) → 274 (2023): 7.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 56 % second homes and 1.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.8 km SBakery — 5.9 km SGP — 7.7 km SEPharmacy — 7.7 km SE 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-Germain-de-Calberte): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-de-Calberte): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Collet-de-Dèze): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.6

Days at or below 0 °C 49.1

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE COLLET-SAUVEPLANE weather station, 7.8 km away at 490 m; the village itself is at 623 m. ^[11]

The village sits 133 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST MARTIN DE LANSUSCLE, 9.6 km away at 643 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,829 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 18.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VIALAS-LE BOS, 7 km away at 625 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48178
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
Chapelle-des-Bois	25	313 km NE	268	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 0 %
Devesset	07	98 km NE	310	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Murs	84	118 km E	376	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Flayat	23	202 km NW	296	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Saillant	63	131 km N	315	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Ventalon en Cévennes	48	1.7 km NE	253	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ventalon en Cévennes	48	1.7 km NE	253	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Devesset	07	98 km NE	310	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Murs	84	118 km E	376	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saillant	63	131 km N	315	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Flayat	23	202 km NW	296	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Chapelle-des-Bois	25	313 km NE	268	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · 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-Privat-de-Vallongue'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
Ventalon en Cévennes	48	1.7 km NE	253	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Concorès	46	198 km W	312	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Junhac	15	120 km NW	286	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Beaumont	07	39 km NE	262	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sacierges-Saint-Martin	36	313 km NW	312	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cassaniouze	15	124 km W	505	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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