Champs

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge · INSEE 63082

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

Partly served 43.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Champs (INSEE 63082) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 441 (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/63082-champs

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,914 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GLR AUVERGNE DIFFUSION). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAMPS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHAMPS). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL THE ORIGINAL'S - AUTOGRILL AIRE DES VOLCANS D'AUVERGNE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	GLR AUVERGNE DIFFUSION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	1	CHAMPS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHAMPS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL THE ORIGINAL'S - AUTOGRILL AIRE DES VOLCANS D'AUVERGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 245 2023: 441 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 362 (2012) → 441 (2023): 21.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 236 (1990) → 441 (2023): 86.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 242, of which 12.8 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km NEBakery — 4.6 km SEGP — 5.2 km WPharmacy — 6.5 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 (Saint-Agoulin): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champs): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pardoux): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ébreuil): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Champs): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 93.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF-LES weather station, 14.1 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 549 m. ^[12]

The village sits 159 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]

An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-PARDOUX, 5.9 km away at 602 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63082/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63082/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63082/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63082/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63311
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63382
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03107
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
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois	71	97 km E	421	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 50 %
Nonards	19	152 km SW	482	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 43 %
Monfort	32	308 km SW	515	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 41 %
Mazille	71	123 km E	400	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	306 km S	476	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 35 %
Grand'Rivière	972	6,847 km W	487	34.1	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois	71	97 km E	421	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 50 %
Mazille	71	123 km E	400	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Nonards	19	152 km SW	482	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 43 %
Fontiers-Cabardès	11	306 km S	476	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 35 %
Monfort	32	308 km SW	515	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 41 %
Grand'Rivière	972	6,847 km W	487	34.1	Few services	no figures

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