La Chaulme
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 13/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chaulme (INSEE 63104) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 118 (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/63104-la-chaulme
Vitality score
Vitality score 13/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 42 % of the 12,024 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.75 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'ARDOISE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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) | 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 | L'ARDOISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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
Population 128 (2012) → 118 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 121 (1990) → 118 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 61.3 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Viverols): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saillant): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Viverols): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Anthème): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saillant): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-ANTHEME weather station, 13.1 km away at 1,263 m; the village itself is at 1,149 m. [11]
The village sits 114 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-ANTHEME, 13.1 km away at 1,263 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 114 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 1,297 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-ANTHEME, 13.1 km away at 1,263 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 — 63104/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63104/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63104/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63104/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63465
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63309
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63319
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergons | 04 | 271 km SE | 118 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 % |
| Carbini | 2A | 594 km SE | 117 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Malons-et-Elze | 30 | 117 km S | 111 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rousses | 48 | 143 km S | 115 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alos | 09 | 362 km SW | 116 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Galey | 09 | 371 km SW | 114 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malons-et-Elze | 30 | 117 km S | 111 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rousses | 48 | 143 km S | 115 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vergons | 04 | 271 km SE | 118 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alos | 09 | 362 km SW | 116 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Galey | 09 | 371 km SW | 114 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carbini | 2A | 594 km SE | 117 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 La Chaulme'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayet-Ronaye | 63 | 32 km W | 116 | 2.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mazan-l'Abbaye | 07 | 83 km S | 120 | 0.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Arcons-de-Barges | 43 | 70 km S | 119 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sagnes-et-Goudoulet | 07 | 78 km S | 121 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaudeyrolles | 43 | 61 km S | 129 | 20 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sauto | 66 | 358 km SW | 102 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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