Vialas

Lozère · CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère · INSEE 48194

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

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vialas (INSEE 48194) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère. Population 447 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/48194-vialas

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,931 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.66	10	6.64
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS MANASSES · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE VIALAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE FOURGON DU TONTON). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DU TRENZE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU TRENZE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ EVRARD). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SAS MANASSES · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE VIALAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE FOURGON DU TONTON	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 RELAIS DU TRENZE	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU TRENZE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ EVRARD	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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 352 2023: 447 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 440 (2012) → 447 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 384 (1990) → 447 (2023): 16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 713, of which 66.1 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.5 km NEGP — 6.7 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 (Vialas): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vialas): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chamborigaud): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Génolhac): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vialas): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29

Days at or below 0 °C 48.9

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, 8.7 km away at 490 m; the village itself is at 600 m. ^[11]

The village sits 110 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, 17.3 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, 1.1 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 — 48194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 48194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30080
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30130
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
Île-de-Batz	29	778 km NW	458	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Piana	2A	449 km SE	452	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %
Vallorcine	74	304 km NE	453	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saorge	06	294 km E	430	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Arvieux	05	230 km E	340	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Champagny-en-Vanoise	73	253 km NE	540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 11 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arvieux	05	230 km E	340	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Champagny-en-Vanoise	73	253 km NE	540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 26 % · winter 11 %
Saorge	06	294 km E	430	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vallorcine	74	304 km NE	453	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Piana	2A	449 km SE	452	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 36 % · humidity 64 %
Île-de-Batz	29	778 km NW	458	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vialas'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
Saorge	06	294 km E	430	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bastelica	2A	492 km SE	522	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Fontan	06	294 km E	307	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Châteaudouble	83	220 km E	476	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierreville	07	71 km NE	510	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle	24	224 km W	451	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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