Le Cendre

Puy-de-Dôme · Clermont Auvergne Métropole · INSEE 63069

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

Partly served 57.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Cendre (INSEE 63069) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of Clermont Auvergne Métropole. Population 5,415 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/63069-le-cendre

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 4,359 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	0.44	25	10.95
Social	0.79	20	15.78
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.58	10	5.8
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BISCOTTE BON PAIN & CIE · KANJI). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (GENESTOUX · TAILLANDIER). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (ISOMA · LIDL). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (EURL AUZAT · STAN · PIZZOUM · SUSHI MOCHI · TBV). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE CENDRILLOU · LE CALUMET). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS ARAGON · ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRI BARBUSSE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HENRI BARBUSSE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS ARAGON). ^[3]

12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHIE TAILLANDIER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE VIALLE, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE GUYOT-TRINIOL, MÉDECIN · JULIE ROMAGNAT, MÉDECIN · DAVID PEYRAZAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE LE FORUM · SELARL PHARMACIE DES MARRONNIERS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE HUGO PRATT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (VIALLARD ANNICK · SMART PLUS · PERLES COIFFURE · LE DOMAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BISCOTTE BON PAIN & CIE · KANJI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	GENESTOUX · TAILLANDIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ISOMA · LIDL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	EURL AUZAT · STAN · PIZZOUM · SUSHI MOCHI · TBV	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE CENDRILLOU · LE CALUMET	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS ARAGON · ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRI BARBUSSE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HENRI BARBUSSE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS ARAGON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	12	CATHIE TAILLANDIER, MÉDECIN · EMILIE VIALLE, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE GUYOT-TRINIOL, MÉDECIN · JULIE ROMAGNAT, MÉDECIN · DAVID PEYRAZAT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 12 [3]
Pharmacy	2	SELAS PHARMACIE LE FORUM · SELARL PHARMACIE DES MARRONNIERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	MEDIATHEQUE HUGO PRATT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	VIALLARD ANNICK · SMART PLUS · PERLES COIFFURE · LE DOMAINE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,442 peak 2017: 5,426 2023: 5,415 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,906 (2012) → 5,415 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 5,013 (1990) → 5,415 (2023): 8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,552, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km N 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 (Le Cendre): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Cendre): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Cendre): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Cendre): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Cendre): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 54.1

Muggy days a summer 1

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CLERMONT-FD weather station, 7.8 km away at 331 m; the village itself is at 346 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CLERMONT-FD, 7.8 km away at 331 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 556 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CLERMONT-FD, 7.8 km away at 331 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 — 63069/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2021-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/eb302fc0-417f-35d6-a824-e95810357cbb— “Retrouvez tous les samedis matins, le marché du Cendre !”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63069/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63069/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63069/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63069
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
Fenain	59	516 km N	5,441	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Beynost	01	141 km E	5,198	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
L'Hôpital	57	466 km NE	5,183	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chevreuse	78	343 km N	5,502	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Douvrin	62	533 km N	5,867	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Fleury-sur-Orne	14	466 km NW	5,941	61.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beynost	01	141 km E	5,198	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Chevreuse	78	343 km N	5,502	51.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Fleury-sur-Orne	14	466 km NW	5,941	61.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
L'Hôpital	57	466 km NE	5,183	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fenain	59	516 km N	5,441	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Douvrin	62	533 km N	5,867	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %

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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 Le Cendre'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
Soultz-Haut-Rhin	68	391 km NE	7,012	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Déols	36	168 km NW	7,600	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lure	70	334 km NE	7,877	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Ricamarie	42	98 km E	8,039	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-de-Chéruy	38	154 km E	6,302	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Unieux	42	91 km SE	8,514	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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