Puycapel
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Puycapel (INSEE 15027) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. Population 717 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Mourjou (15136). [3]
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 52.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 16,295 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.86 | 10 | 8.65 |
| Health | 0.79 | 10 | 7.91 |
| Public & culture | 0.75 | 5 | 3.74 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.7 |
| Housing mix | 0.57 | 5 | 2.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER BOULANGERIE). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE MOURJOU). [4,5]
1 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DES SPORTS). [5]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAULINE MERCIER, MÉDECIN · WOLFRAM KLOTZ, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE MARRE-VOREUX, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PUYCAPEL). [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CALVINET AP). [4]
2 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE POSTE DE CALVINET · MÉDIATHÈQUE). [4]
1 × Swimming pool (L ESTANQUIOL). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON D'ALICE). [4,5]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ERABLES). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | L'ATELIER BOULANGERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | AUBERGE DE MOURJOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE CAFE DES SPORTS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | PAULINE MERCIER, MÉDECIN · WOLFRAM KLOTZ, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE MARRE-VOREUX, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE PUYCAPEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | CALVINET AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 2 | RELAIS-LECTURE POSTE DE CALVINET · MÉDIATHÈQUE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | L ESTANQUIOL | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | LE SALON D'ALICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES ERABLES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 824 (2012) → 717 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 824 (1990) → 717 (2023): -13 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 538, of which 21.4 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Puycapel): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Cassaniouze): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Puycapel): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Puycapel): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Puycapel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SENEZERGUES weather station, 5.8 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 560 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MAURS, 15.3 km away at 480 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,146 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SENEZERGUES, 5.8 km away at 530 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 — 15027/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15027/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15027/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15027/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15027
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15029
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sardent | 23 | 153 km N | 760 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orsennes | 36 | 203 km N | 696 | 55.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dournazac | 87 | 152 km NW | 672 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loguivy-Plougras | 22 | 615 km NW | 840 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Romagne | 86 | 236 km NW | 801 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Laurent-d'Olt | 12 | 67 km SE | 623 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-d'Olt | 12 | 67 km SE | 623 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 % |
| Dournazac | 87 | 152 km NW | 672 | 56.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sardent | 23 | 153 km N | 760 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orsennes | 36 | 203 km N | 696 | 55.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Romagne | 86 | 236 km NW | 801 | 55.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
| Loguivy-Plougras | 22 | 615 km NW | 840 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 91 % · 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 Puycapel'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-Dier-d'Auvergne | 63 | 138 km NE | 556 | 43.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance | 12 | 95 km S | 580 | 61.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Prissac | 36 | 215 km N | 576 | 53.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Estèphe | 24 | 165 km NW | 583 | 34.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nespouls | 19 | 77 km NW | 638 | 55.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marquay | 24 | 100 km W | 588 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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