Blot-l'Église

Identity

Blot-l'Église (INSEE 63043) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 436 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63043-blot-l-eglise

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,925 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE BLOT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BLOT L EGLISE RP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LA COCCINELLE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 391 (2012) → 436 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 392 (1990) → 436 (2023): 11.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 305, of which 19.3 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Blot-l'Église): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pardoux): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ayat-sur-Sioule): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Menat): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Blot-l'Église): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF-LES weather station, 4.1 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 642 m. ^[12]

The village sits 252 m above 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 11.7 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 63 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 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF-LES, 4.1 km away at 390 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63043/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63043/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63043/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63043/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63043
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63382
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63025
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63223
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024