Châteldon

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Thiers Dore et Montagne · INSEE 63102

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

Partly served 47/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châteldon (INSEE 63102) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 740 (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/63102-chateldon

Vitality score

Vitality score 47/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 16,142 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.38	10	3.81
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE CHATELDON). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE D'A COTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (FRANCKY POISSONNERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BS RESTAURATION). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGE SAND). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIELA STANESCU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE METGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DE CHATELDON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE D'A COTE	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	1	FRANCKY POISSONNERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	BS RESTAURATION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGE SAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DANIELA STANESCU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE METGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHATELDON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	1	NOUVEL HAIR	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

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,101 2023: 740 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 778 (2012) → 740 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 840 (1990) → 740 (2023): -11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 605, of which 15 % second homes and 21.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Châteldon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteldon): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châteldon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteldon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Châteldon): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.1

Days at or below 0 °C 68.5

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MARINGUES weather station, 15.1 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 311 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MARINGUES, 15.1 km away at 300 m, over 12 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LACHAUX, 6.9 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63102
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
Adriers	86	212 km W	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	217 km SW	709	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 38 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	246 km W	729	57.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Le Grand-Pressigny	37	233 km NW	872	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-sur-Linotte	70	268 km NE	753	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Vailly-sur-Sauldre	18	177 km N	649	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vailly-sur-Sauldre	18	177 km N	649	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Adriers	86	212 km W	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	217 km SW	709	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 38 %
Le Grand-Pressigny	37	233 km NW	872	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	246 km W	729	57.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Dampierre-sur-Linotte	70	268 km NE	753	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · 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 Châteldon'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
Le Veurdre	03	94 km NW	475	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Broût-Vernet	03	30 km NW	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villevocance	07	118 km SE	1,165	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villefranche-d'Allier	03	69 km NW	1,238	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montbozon	70	266 km NE	553	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Joze	63	21 km SW	1,183	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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