Biollet

Puy-de-Dôme · CC du Pays de Saint-Eloy · INSEE 63041

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biollet (INSEE 63041) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Eloy. Population 309 (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/63041-biollet

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,909 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.32	10	3.22
Housing mix	0.43	5	2.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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) (GOURMAND'IS). ^[3]

2 × Restaurant (LE REFUGE · GUINGUETTE DE BIOLLET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BIOLLET AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BIOLLET). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GOURMAND'IS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	2	LE REFUGE · GUINGUETTE DE BIOLLET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MAZERON	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIOLLET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BIOLLET	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 478 2023: 309 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 309 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 376 (1990) → 309 (2023): -17.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 28.7 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km WGP — 6.4 km EPharmacy — 9.9 km SW 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 (Biollet): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charensat): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Priest-des-Champs): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montel-de-Gelat): 9.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Biollet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-GERVAIS-D AU weather station, 10.4 km away at 705 m; the village itself is at 696 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 10.4 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 10.4 km away at 705 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 — 63041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63388
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63237
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
Montory	64	425 km SW	318	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 51 %
Salles-Lavalette	16	202 km W	317	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Pailharès	07	179 km SE	310	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel	36	88 km NW	295	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Antignac	15	73 km S	284	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 80 %
Dun-les-Places	58	176 km NE	358	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Antignac	15	73 km S	284	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 80 %
Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel	36	88 km NW	295	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Dun-les-Places	58	176 km NE	358	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Pailharès	07	179 km SE	310	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Salles-Lavalette	16	202 km W	317	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Montory	64	425 km SW	318	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 51 %

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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 Biollet'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
Pailharès	07	179 km SE	310	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Epiry	58	155 km NE	225	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bazolles	58	147 km NE	286	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-d'Intres	07	173 km SE	303	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montrol-Sénard	87	133 km W	249	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Viplaix	03	57 km NW	293	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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