Bongheat

Identity

Bongheat (INSEE 63044) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Billom Communauté. Population 465 (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/63044-bongheat

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,947 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA MEIZOU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE BONGHEAT 063044). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LAU'VAGABONDE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 423 (2012) → 465 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 465 (2023): 110.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 11.4 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ravel): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ravel): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Billom): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Billom): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bongheat): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FAYET-LE-CHATEA weather station, 3.4 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 460 m. ^[11]

The village sits 125 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 11.7 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FAYET-LE-CHATEA, 3.4 km away at 585 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 135,525 € — 1,196 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63044/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63044/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63044/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63044/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63296
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63040
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63044
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025