Courpière
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Courpière (INSEE 63125) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 4,166 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63125-courpiere
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 48 % of the 5,439 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 | 0.48 | 25 | 12.07 |
| Social | 0.71 | 20 | 14.22 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.91 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.63 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ETABLISSEMENTS PRIVAT ET FILS · FREDSONIA · AUX DELICES DE LUNA). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BOUCHERIE BEAUREGARD · GERY). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · CEPIA · LES COMPTOIRS DE LA BIO). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (NORISA · LES SEYCHELLES · LES ARCADES DE BARJAVELLE · KAP C4D · AU PETIT KEBAB). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN ZAY · ECOLE ST PIERRE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE BELLIME · COLLEGE ST PIERRE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAMILLE HOFMAN, MÉDECIN · YANIS PEYROL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT MARTIN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (REX). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE LOIC CHARPENTIER · C O S E C). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BANQUE CHALUS). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (GILLES DUPUY CONCEPT · SEVE COIFFURE · BIEN CHEZ SOI). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | ETABLISSEMENTS PRIVAT ET FILS · FREDSONIA · AUX DELICES DE LUNA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | SARL BOUCHERIE BEAUREGARD · GERY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | INTERMARCHE · CEPIA · LES COMPTOIRS DE LA BIO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | NORISA · LES SEYCHELLES · LES ARCADES DE BARJAVELLE · KAP C4D · AU PETIT KEBAB | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BAR DES SPORTS | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN ZAY · ECOLE ST PIERRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE BELLIME · COLLEGE ST PIERRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | CAMILLE HOFMAN, MÉDECIN · YANIS PEYROL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE SAINT MARTIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | REX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | GYMNASE LOIC CHARPENTIER · C O S E C | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BANQUE CHALUS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 7 | GILLES DUPUY CONCEPT · SEVE COIFFURE · BIEN CHEZ SOI | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday 8h30 à 12h30 centre bourg et les boulevards. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,341 (2012) → 4,166 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 4,674 (1990) → 4,166 (2023): -10.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,592, of which 3.7 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Courpière): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Courpière): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Courpière): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Courpière): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Courpière): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COURPIERE weather station, 2.6 km away at 455 m; the village itself is at 330 m. [10]
The village sits 125 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 2.6 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 125 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at COURPIERE, 2.6 km away at 455 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63125/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://ville-courpiere.fr/marches/— “Les mardis matin de 8h30 à 12h30, dans le centre bourg et les boulevards.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63125/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63125/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63125/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63125
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sées | 61 | 407 km NW | 4,168 | 56.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Benet | 85 | 326 km W | 4,089 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage | 22 | 557 km NW | 4,103 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Châtelet-en-Brie | 77 | 311 km N | 4,207 | 45.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rives de l'Yon | 85 | 385 km W | 4,335 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Buzançais | 36 | 206 km NW | 4,356 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzançais | 36 | 206 km NW | 4,356 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Châtelet-en-Brie | 77 | 311 km N | 4,207 | 45.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Benet | 85 | 326 km W | 4,089 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rives de l'Yon | 85 | 385 km W | 4,335 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sées | 61 | 407 km NW | 4,168 | 56.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage | 22 | 557 km NW | 4,103 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · 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 Courpière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzançais | 36 | 206 km NW | 4,356 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pusignan | 69 | 119 km E | 4,119 | 49.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Billom | 63 | 16 km W | 4,805 | 60.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Charité-sur-Loire | 58 | 163 km N | 4,705 | 59.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ruffec | 16 | 260 km W | 3,449 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Heyrieux | 38 | 119 km E | 4,956 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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