Saint-Privat-du-Fau

Lozère · CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac · INSEE 48179

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 5.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Privat-du-Fau (INSEE 48179) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. Population 115 (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 5.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 11,821 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.46	10	4.58
Housing mix	0.05	5	0.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	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	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

1968: 213 2023: 115 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 136 (2012) → 115 (2023): -15.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 115 (2023): -4.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 128, of which 47.7 % second homes and 0.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 6.7 km SGP — 6.7 km SBakery — 6.8 km SPrimary school — 6.9 km SPharmacy — 6.9 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 (Le Malzieu-Ville): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Malzieu-Ville): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Malzieu-Ville): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Malzieu-Ville): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Malzieu-Ville): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.8

Days at or below 0 °C 96.4▸

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PAULHAC EN MARGERIDE_SAPC weather station, 4.6 km away at 1,170 m; the village itself is at 1,092 m. ^[9]

The village sits 78 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. ^[9]

An average of 1,063 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PAULHAC EN MARGERIDE_SAPC, 4.6 km away at 1,170 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 — 48179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48090
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
Pomayrols	12	56 km SW	116	1.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 20 %
Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze	26	185 km E	116	11.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 95 %
Laveyrune	07	54 km SE	111	6.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 61 %
Berlats	81	149 km SW	119	7.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
La Bastide-Pradines	12	105 km S	122	8.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 38 %
Tartonne	04	259 km E	127	7.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laveyrune	07	54 km SE	111	6.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 61 %
Pomayrols	12	56 km SW	116	1.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 20 %
La Bastide-Pradines	12	105 km S	122	8.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 38 %
Berlats	81	149 km SW	119	7.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze	26	185 km E	116	11.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 95 %
Tartonne	04	259 km E	127	7.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 36 %

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