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Les Deux-Rives

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire · INSEE 63109

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Deux-Rives (INSEE 63109) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 825 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Cirgues-sur-Couze (63330). [3]

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/63109-les-deux-rives

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 15,483 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 food0.422510.54
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.74107.41
Housing mix0.954.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE P TI MITRON). [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CASA CARLOS - BABETH). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CIRGUES SUR COUZE AP). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (LEATY STYLE). [4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE P TI MITRONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1CASA CARLOS - BABETHINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT CIRGUES SUR COUZE APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser1LEATY STYLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 659 peak 2017: 874 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 799 (2012) → 825 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 665 (1990) → 825 (2023): 24.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 438, of which 5 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.3 km W (Saint-Vincent)Pharmacy — 4.1 km N (Champeix)GP — 4.6 km NW (Champeix)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 1.3 km WPharmacy — 4.1 km NGP — 4.6 km NW 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 (Les Deux-Rives): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Les Deux-Rives): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Champeix): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Champeix): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Vincent): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the PLAUZAT_SAPC weather station, 7.4 km away at 495 m; the village itself is at 470 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at PLAUZAT_SAPC, 7.4 km away at 495 m, over 18 summers. [12]

An average of 651 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MEILHAUD, 1.7 km away at 448 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63109/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63109/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63109/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63109/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63109
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63080
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63403
  12. 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
Gesnes-le-Gandelin72392 km NW87937.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Mont-Saint-Sulpice89269 km N78132.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Duntzenheim67483 km NE66023.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Maligny89262 km N77643.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ercheu80462 km N75127.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Banville14499 km NW79722.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maligny89262 km N77643.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-Saint-Sulpice89269 km N78132.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gesnes-le-Gandelin72392 km NW87937.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Ercheu80462 km N75127.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Duntzenheim67483 km NE66023.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Banville14499 km NW79722.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · 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 Les Deux-Rives'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
Mont-Saint-Sulpice89269 km N78132.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Duntzenheim67483 km NE66023.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Champey70352 km NE79027.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Frotey-lès-Lure70350 km NE68922.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chavannes-sur-l'Étang68376 km NE65239.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Mussig67446 km NE1,11133.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %