Boudes

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire · INSEE 63046

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boudes (INSEE 63046) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 260 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,407 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.57	10	5.7
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PINTO ANNABELLA · LE BOUDENTRAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE BOUDES LA VIGNE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	2	PINTO ANNABELLA · LE BOUDENTRAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE BOUDES LA VIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 256 peak 2017: 287 2023: 260 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 272 (2012) → 260 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 243 (1990) → 260 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 11.5 % second homes and 23.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km EGP — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km EBakery — 5.6 km W 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 (Saint-Hérent): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Boudes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.6

Days at or below 0 °C 74

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 10.4 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 469 m. ^[11]

The village sits 97 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 10.4 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 97 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 651 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MEILHAUD, 9.6 km away at 448 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63357
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63352
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63046
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
Colonne	39	243 km NE	256	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Maspie-Lalonquère-Juillacq	64	348 km SW	233	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 22 %
Osserain-Rivareyte	64	402 km SW	235	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Wallers-en-Fagne	59	517 km N	284	36.9	Few services	no figures
La Gimond	42	96 km E	279	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Ratzwiller	67	495 km NE	233	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Gimond	42	96 km E	279	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Colonne	39	243 km NE	256	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Maspie-Lalonquère-Juillacq	64	348 km SW	233	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 22 %
Osserain-Rivareyte	64	402 km SW	235	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Ratzwiller	67	495 km NE	233	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Wallers-en-Fagne	59	517 km N	284	36.9	Few services	no figures

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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 Boudes'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
Colonne	39	243 km NE	256	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villard-Sallet	73	230 km E	310	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Caloire	42	83 km E	330	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montceaux-l'Étoile	71	120 km NE	301	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont	43	20 km SE	268	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chitry	89	259 km N	346	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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