Charbonnières-les-Vieilles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Charbonnières-les-Vieilles (INSEE 63093) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 1,170 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 13,376 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.83 | 10 | 8.3 |
| Housing mix | 0.73 | 5 | 3.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CREPERIE DU GOUR DE TAZENAT). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (ELIOT BRASSERIE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLEUR BENNETT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARBONNIERES LES VIEILLES AP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (L ATELIER DE VALERIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | CREPERIE DU GOUR DE TAZENAT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | ELIOT BRASSERIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | FLEUR BENNETT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | CHARBONNIERES LES VIEILLES 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | L ATELIER DE VALERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,005 (2012) → 1,170 (2023): 16.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 880 (1990) → 1,170 (2023): 33 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 691, of which 13.7 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Charbonnières-les-Vieilles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Manzat): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Charbonnières-les-Vieilles): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Manzat): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Charbonnières-les-Vieilles): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF-LES weather station, 8.3 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 614 m. [11]
The village sits 224 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 ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 15.6 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 91 m above 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 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-PARDOUX, 5.3 km away at 602 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 — 63093/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/fadf0043-5d50-3746-a4fc-6320be854b7a— “Marché de pays”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63093/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63093/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63093/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63093
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63206
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plounévez-Quintin | 22 | 536 km NW | 1,064 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cléden-Poher | 29 | 562 km NW | 1,130 | 37.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bertrichamps | 54 | 394 km NE | 1,081 | 33.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ploëzal | 22 | 556 km NW | 1,229 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louhossoa | 64 | 455 km SW | 886 | 54.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Châtillon-sur-Cher | 41 | 183 km NW | 1,700 | 38.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtillon-sur-Cher | 41 | 183 km NW | 1,700 | 38.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bertrichamps | 54 | 394 km NE | 1,081 | 33.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louhossoa | 64 | 455 km SW | 886 | 54.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Plounévez-Quintin | 22 | 536 km NW | 1,064 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ploëzal | 22 | 556 km NW | 1,229 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cléden-Poher | 29 | 562 km NW | 1,130 | 37.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Charbonnières-les-Vieilles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-Eynac | 43 | 133 km SE | 1,288 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Menthonnex-en-Bornes | 74 | 245 km E | 1,115 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Merlines | 19 | 57 km SW | 741 | 52.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois | 42 | 113 km SE | 1,827 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hauteroche | 39 | 218 km E | 971 | 66.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Andilly | 74 | 237 km E | 1,013 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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