Chambon-sur-Lac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chambon-sur-Lac (INSEE 63077) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Massif du Sancy. Population 407 (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/63077-chambon-sur-lac
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 96 % of the 18,000 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 | 0.53 | 25 | 13.19 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.59 | 10 | 5.94 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL MORILLAT JULIEN). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR · FERME DES MARMOTTES · FROMAGERIE DU LAC). [3,4]
14 × Restaurant (AUX 500 DIABLES · LE BURON DE CHAUDEFOUR · L'AUCRIS · AUBERGE DE MONEAUX · LE BURON DE LA CROIX ST ROBERT). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (SANCY GLACES). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA SAVE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAMBON SUR LAC AP). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (LAC CHAMBON). [3]
5 × Hotel (LE BEAU SITE · HOTEL BELLEVUE · AUX 500 DIABLES · LA BONNE HOTESSE · LE GRILLON). [3,4]
4 × Campsite (LE PRE BAS - BRASSERIE LE 50 · CAMPING DE VOISSIERES · CAMPING LES BOMBES · CAMPING DE SERRETTE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | SARL MORILLAT JULIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | SPAR · FERME DES MARMOTTES · FROMAGERIE DU LAC | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 14 | AUX 500 DIABLES · LE BURON DE CHAUDEFOUR · L'AUCRIS · AUBERGE DE MONEAUX · LE BURON DE LA CROIX ST ROBERT | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | SANCY GLACES | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE LA SAVE | 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 | 1 | CHAMBON SUR LAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | LAC CHAMBON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 5 | LE BEAU SITE · HOTEL BELLEVUE · AUX 500 DIABLES · LA BONNE HOTESSE · LE GRILLON | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 4 | LE PRE BAS - BRASSERIE LE 50 · CAMPING DE VOISSIERES · CAMPING LES BOMBES · CAMPING DE SERRETTE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 362 (2012) → 407 (2023): 12.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 372 (1990) → 407 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 628, of which 59.7 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chambon-sur-Lac): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chambon-sur-Lac): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Murol): 4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Murol): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Chambon-sur-Lac): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LE MONT-DORE_SAPC weather station, 6.8 km away at 1,220 m; the village itself is at 906 m. [10]
The village sits 314 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE MONT-DORE_SAPC, 6.8 km away at 1,220 m, over 13 summers. [10]
That station sits 314 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,260 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHAMBON-SUR-LAC, 0.3 km away at 897 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63077/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63077/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63077/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63077/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63077
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63247
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selonnet | 04 | 300 km SE | 443 | 56.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 51 % |
| Picherande | 63 | 15 km SW | 324 | 40 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-en-Vercors | 26 | 208 km E | 437 | 49.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors | 26 | 211 km E | 384 | 33.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Palud-sur-Verdon | 04 | 337 km SE | 347 | 56.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 % |
| Esparron-de-Verdon | 04 | 317 km SE | 379 | 48.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picherande | 63 | 15 km SW | 324 | 40 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-en-Vercors | 26 | 208 km E | 437 | 49.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors | 26 | 211 km E | 384 | 33.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Selonnet | 04 | 300 km SE | 443 | 56.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 51 % |
| Esparron-de-Verdon | 04 | 317 km SE | 379 | 48.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Palud-sur-Verdon | 04 | 337 km SE | 347 | 56.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 % |
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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 Chambon-sur-Lac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquefeuil | 11 | 314 km S | 283 | 52.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orelle | 73 | 287 km E | 324 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouroux-en-Morvan | 58 | 197 km NE | 599 | 37.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nozières | 07 | 142 km SE | 237 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chastreix | 63 | 14 km SW | 226 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saillant | 63 | 80 km E | 315 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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