Auzelles
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Auzelles (INSEE 63023) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 391 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 42 % of the 18,009 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.7 | 10 | 7.03 |
| Housing mix | 0.12 | 5 | 0.6 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (CATERING · L'HENRIETTE). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AUZELLES). [3]
1 × Hotel (L'AUBERGE DE CHABANETTES). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 3 | CATERING · L'HENRIETTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AUZELLES | 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 | 1 | L'AUBERGE DE CHABANETTES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 352 (2012) → 391 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 325 (1990) → 391 (2023): 20.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 364, of which 44 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Brousse): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Cunlhat): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Cunlhat): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Brousse): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CUNLHAT weather station, 5.3 km away at 700 m; the village itself is at 734 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ST-GERMAIN-L HE, 15.7 km away at 1,070 m, over 27 summers. [12]
That station sits 336 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 999 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CUNLHAT, 5.3 km away at 700 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63023/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/09c0351f-9f9f-3d1d-ae9a-91a57ecd43d0— “Marché de producteurs locaux d'Auzelles”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63023/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63023/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63023/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63056
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63132
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63334
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponteils-et-Brésis | 30 | 138 km S | 365 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caniac-du-Causse | 46 | 183 km SW | 371 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 % |
| Silhac | 07 | 117 km SE | 407 | 28.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Venteuges | 43 | 68 km S | 341 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 % |
| Archignac | 24 | 184 km W | 409 | 24.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vieussan | 34 | 233 km S | 267 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 7 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venteuges | 43 | 68 km S | 341 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 % |
| Silhac | 07 | 117 km SE | 407 | 28.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ponteils-et-Brésis | 30 | 138 km S | 365 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caniac-du-Causse | 46 | 183 km SW | 371 | 23.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 % |
| Archignac | 24 | 184 km W | 409 | 24.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vieussan | 34 | 233 km S | 267 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 7 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Auzelles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cans et Cévennes | 48 | 148 km S | 282 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chadron | 43 | 79 km SE | 346 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Virlet | 63 | 88 km NW | 270 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Prix | 71 | 157 km N | 201 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cressat | 23 | 124 km NW | 512 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mittlach | 68 | 378 km NE | 339 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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