Chastreix

Identity

Chastreix (INSEE 63098) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Massif du Sancy. Population 226 (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/63098-chastreix

Vitality score

Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 16,695 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE ROC · LILOFATHE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHASTREIX AP). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 241 (2012) → 226 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 359 (1990) → 226 (2023): -37 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 366, of which 56.3 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHASTREIX weather station, 3.9 km away at 1,385 m; the village itself is at 1,038 m. ^[9]

The village sits 347 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHASTREIX, 3.9 km away at 1,385 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 347 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,597 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHASTREIX, 3.9 km away at 1,385 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

35 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,000 € — 1,797 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

14 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 89,980 € — 1,660 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63098/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63098/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63098/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63098/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63192
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025