Apchat
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 5.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Apchat (INSEE 63007) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 162 (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/63007-apchat
Vitality score
Vitality score 5.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 2 % of the 14,666 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 | 0.24 | 10 | 2.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.46 | 5 | 2.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
Population 176 (2012) → 162 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 218 (1990) → 162 (2023): -25.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 27 % second homes and 21.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Blesle): 8.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ardes): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Ardes): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ardes): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ardes): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ANZAT-LE-LUGUET_SAPC weather station, 12.8 km away at 1,270 m; the village itself is at 706 m. [10]
The village sits 564 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 18.6 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. [10]
That station sits 334 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,199 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ANZAT-LE-LUGUET_SAPC, 12.8 km away at 1,270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63007/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63007/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63007/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63007/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43033
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63009
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nades | 03 | 87 km N | 162 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saulnay | 36 | 219 km NW | 164 | 6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Croix-sur-Gartempe | 87 | 188 km NW | 161 | 6.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Mars-du-Désert | 53 | 409 km NW | 162 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 % |
| Tigny-Noyelle | 62 | 562 km N | 163 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Olmet-et-Villecun | 34 | 187 km S | 163 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nades | 03 | 87 km N | 162 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Olmet-et-Villecun | 34 | 187 km S | 163 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Croix-sur-Gartempe | 87 | 188 km NW | 161 | 6.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saulnay | 36 | 219 km NW | 164 | 6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Mars-du-Désert | 53 | 409 km NW | 162 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 % |
| Tigny-Noyelle | 62 | 562 km N | 163 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · 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 Apchat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nades | 03 | 87 km N | 162 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Palais | 03 | 134 km NW | 163 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Livet-sur-Authou | 27 | 466 km NW | 163 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Poussanges | 23 | 87 km NW | 148 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champeaux-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 409 km NW | 159 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Cercueil | 61 | 428 km NW | 145 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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