Aydat

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Mond'Arverne Communauté · INSEE 63026

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

Served 62.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aydat (INSEE 63026) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Mond'Arverne Communauté. Population 2,574 (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/63026-aydat

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 8,062 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	0.42	25	10.48
Social	0.92	20	18.46
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D AYDAT · BIOLANGERIE JSH · LA FABRIQUE GOURMANDE · BAKERY BY K). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (E.G.NY). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (SARL LOCKNESS · PIZZA VILLAGE PIZZA DU VILLAGE PIZZ · PIZZ'ARVERNE · LA COCOTTE BLEUE · LE DOMAINE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE DOMAINE DU LAC · LONA). ^[4]

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

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (QUENTIN LESAICHOT, MÉDECIN · CELINE MADEUF, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE THOMAS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AYDAT). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (CENTRE NAUTIQUE CHEIRES LAC D AYDAT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE MARIUS). ^[3,4]

4 × Campsite (DOMAINE DU LAC D'AYDAT · AU CAMPING ET CHALETS DU LAC D'AYDAT · CAMPING LA CLAIRIERE · CAMPING LES VOLCANS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LE FOURNIL D AYDAT · BIOLANGERIE JSH · LA FABRIQUE GOURMANDE · BAKERY BY K	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	E.G.NY	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	8	SARL LOCKNESS · PIZZA VILLAGE PIZZA DU VILLAGE PIZZ · PIZZ'ARVERNE · LA COCOTTE BLEUE · LE DOMAINE DU LAC	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE DOMAINE DU LAC · LONA	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LES LACS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	QUENTIN LESAICHOT, MÉDECIN · CELINE MADEUF, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE THOMAS	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AYDAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	CENTRE NAUTIQUE CHEIRES LAC D AYDAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE MARIUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	4	DOMAINE DU LAC D'AYDAT · AU CAMPING ET CHALETS DU LAC D'AYDAT · CAMPING LA CLAIRIERE · CAMPING LES VOLCANS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 810 2023: 2,574 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,224 (2012) → 2,574 (2023): 15.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,322 (1990) → 2,574 (2023): 94.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,593, of which 22.1 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Aydat): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Aydat): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aydat): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aydat): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aydat): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 64.8

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VERNINES weather station, 6.8 km away at 1,045 m; the village itself is at 849 m. ^[10]

The village sits 196 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 VERNINES, 6.8 km away at 1,045 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 196 m above 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 946 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERNINES, 6.8 km away at 1,045 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 — 63026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/1e7c5571-e74d-348c-96ce-ba922dfc14b6— “Petit marché en plein air tous les mercredis matins : boulanger, poissonnier, boucher.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63026
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
Lans-en-Vercors	38	213 km E	2,751	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 5 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bugue	24	180 km SW	2,663	65.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Plateau-des-Petites-Roches	38	230 km E	2,433	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
La Roche-Jaudy	22	583 km NW	2,629	59	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Savinien	17	284 km W	2,460	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Loir en Vallée	72	294 km NW	2,044	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 58 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Bugue	24	180 km SW	2,663	65.2	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Lans-en-Vercors	38	213 km E	2,751	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 5 % · humidity 100 %
Plateau-des-Petites-Roches	38	230 km E	2,433	59.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Savinien	17	284 km W	2,460	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Loir en Vallée	72	294 km NW	2,044	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 58 %
La Roche-Jaudy	22	583 km NW	2,629	59	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · 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 Aydat'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
Longny les Villages	61	361 km NW	2,811	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Baraqueville	12	160 km S	3,173	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-de-Mons	63	33 km N	2,048	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Les Ancizes-Comps	63	32 km NW	1,682	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Athis-Val de Rouvre	61	438 km NW	4,201	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germer-de-Fly	60	430 km N	1,662	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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