Combrailles

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans · INSEE 63115

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

Few services 24.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Combrailles (INSEE 63115) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans. Population 212 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,349 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.46	10	4.64
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ DAO TIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	CHEZ DAO TIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 [3,4]
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: 302 2023: 212 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 223 (2012) → 212 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 220 (1990) → 212 (2023): -3.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 14.6 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.9 km WGP — 4.6 km NEFood shop — 4.8 km NEPrimary school — 4.8 km NEPharmacy — 4.8 km NE 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 (Condat-en-Combraille): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontaumur): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pontaumur): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pontaumur): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pontaumur): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.7

Days at or below 0 °C 71.3

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GELLES weather station, 16.1 km away at 784 m; the village itself is at 682 m. ^[10]

The village sits 102 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. ^[10]

An average of 887 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONTAUMUR, 4.3 km away at 535 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63115/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63115/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63115/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63115/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63283
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
Amanzé	71	136 km NE	196	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 %
Liesville-sur-Douve	50	490 km NW	218	30	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %
Pommiers-Moulons	17	239 km W	212	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 54 %
Pindères	47	269 km SW	189	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 41 %
Cléré-du-Bois	36	168 km NW	239	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %
Livers-Cazelles	81	205 km S	239	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Amanzé	71	136 km NE	196	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 %
Cléré-du-Bois	36	168 km NW	239	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %
Livers-Cazelles	81	205 km S	239	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %
Pommiers-Moulons	17	239 km W	212	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 54 %
Pindères	47	269 km SW	189	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 41 %
Liesville-sur-Douve	50	490 km NW	218	30	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %

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