Les Ancizes-Comps

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge · INSEE 63004

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

Partly served 51.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Ancizes-Comps (INSEE 63004) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 1,682 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63004-les-ancizes-comps

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 10,773 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.81
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CROUSTI-COMBRAILLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (NETTO). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (NENADIC DANICA · LA MAISON JAUNE · SAS LES LITIERS · DOUBLE M). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE SELENA · LE CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LES ANCIZES). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ETIENNE RAMBAUD, MÉDECIN · LOIC MAITRE, MÉDECIN · JULIA BRETONNET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PLAN D EAU CLAVEL FRAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LPAC LES ANCIZES COMPS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES ANCIZES-COMPS). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CINEMA DE LA VIOUZE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES INTERCOMMUNALES). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (MODERN STYLS · L KOIF · L HAIR DES COMBRAILLES). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL BELLE VUE · HOTEL LA VIEILLE FERME). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU VIADUC). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CROUSTI-COMBRAILLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	NETTO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	NENADIC DANICA · LA MAISON JAUNE · SAS LES LITIERS · DOUBLE M	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE SELENA · LE CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LES ANCIZES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ETIENNE RAMBAUD, MÉDECIN · LOIC MAITRE, MÉDECIN · JULIA BRETONNET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU PLAN D EAU CLAVEL FRAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LPAC LES ANCIZES COMPS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES ANCIZES-COMPS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CINEMA DE LA VIOUZE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES INTERCOMMUNALES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	MODERN STYLS · L KOIF · L HAIR DES COMBRAILLES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL BELLE VUE · HOTEL LA VIEILLE FERME	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU VIADUC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,900 peak 1982: 1,985 2023: 1,682 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,710 (2012) → 1,682 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,910 (1990) → 1,682 (2023): -11.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,000, of which 7.6 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.5 km EBakery — 1.7 km E 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 (Les Ancizes-Comps): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Ancizes-Comps): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Ancizes-Comps): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Ancizes-Comps): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Ancizes-Comps): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 66.6

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-GERVAIS-D AU weather station, 11.9 km away at 705 m; the village itself is at 699 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 11.9 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-JACQUES BANL, 6.9 km away at 710 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/53c1f581-81ef-3e2e-a5df-418845bb2579— “Marché du vendredi.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63004
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
Creysse	24	212 km SW	1,743	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Nieul	87	127 km W	1,577	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Clermont-en-Argonne	55	392 km NE	1,406	48	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Georges-de-Mons	63	2.9 km NE	2,048	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Segonzac	16	237 km W	2,083	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Arc-et-Senans	25	259 km NE	1,620	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-de-Mons	63	2.9 km NE	2,048	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nieul	87	127 km W	1,577	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Creysse	24	212 km SW	1,743	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Segonzac	16	237 km W	2,083	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Arc-et-Senans	25	259 km NE	1,620	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Clermont-en-Argonne	55	392 km NE	1,406	48	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 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 Les Ancizes-Comps'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-Georges-de-Mons	63	2.9 km NE	2,048	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germer-de-Fly	60	399 km N	1,662	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Aigurande	36	94 km NW	1,321	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel	55	403 km NE	1,579	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rocroi	08	463 km N	2,270	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aydat	63	32 km SE	2,574	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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