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Chappes

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Riom Limagne et Volcans · INSEE 63089

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

Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chappes (INSEE 63089) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Riom Limagne et Volcans. Population 1,607 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/63089-chappes

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 11,128 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (N.MIOCHE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CALOU PIZZA · L' E CHAPPES A BAR). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRY). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAPPES RP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHAPPES). [3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (ELA COIFF'). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1N.MIOCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CALOU PIZZA · L' E CHAPPES A BARINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES FERRYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CHAPPES RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHAPPESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3ELA COIFF'INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 545 peak 2017: 1,655 2023: 1,607 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,554 (2012) → 1,607 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 987 (1990) → 1,607 (2023): 62.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 696, of which 1 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.1 km N (Ennezat)GP — 3.1 km N (Ennezat)Pharmacy — 3.1 km N (Ennezat)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NGP — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.1 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 (Ennezat): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chappes): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Ennezat): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ennezat): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Chappes): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the RIOM weather station, 9.5 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 314 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CLERMONT-FD, 10.7 km away at 331 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHAPPES, 1.1 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63089/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63089/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63089/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63089/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63148
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63089
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Campsas82265 km SW1,47344.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Yzernay49327 km NW1,85541.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Bazainville78347 km N1,46935Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Cormeilles-en-Vexin95372 km N1,29740.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Toutlemonde49333 km NW1,30538.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Médard-sur-Ille35456 km NW1,37739.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Campsas82265 km SW1,47344.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Yzernay49327 km NW1,85541.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Toutlemonde49333 km NW1,30538.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Bazainville78347 km N1,46935Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Cormeilles-en-Vexin95372 km N1,29740.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Médard-sur-Ille35456 km NW1,37739.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Chappes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Torcé-en-Vallée72331 km NW1,39740.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fleuré86219 km W1,13735.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Tercé86217 km W1,13529.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Mareau-aux-Prés45245 km NW1,66943.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rebréchien45252 km N1,44128.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Châtillon-la-Palud01158 km E1,69844.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %