Le Crest

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Mond'Arverne Communauté · INSEE 63126

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

Few services 33.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Crest (INSEE 63126) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Mond'Arverne Communauté. Population 1,300 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63126-le-crest

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 12,702 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.87
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DU VAL D'AUZON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA CROIX-SAINT-VERNY). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	DOMAINE DU VAL D'AUZON	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA CROIX-SAINT-VERNY	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 386 peak 2012: 1,316 2023: 1,300 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,316 (2012) → 1,300 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 937 (1990) → 1,300 (2023): 38.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 635, of which 2.8 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.6 km NEFood shop — 1.4 km SGP — 1.7 km NPharmacy — 2.1 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 (Le Crest): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tallende): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Roche-Blanche): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Roche-Blanche): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Crest): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 62.8

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PLAUZAT_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 495 m; the village itself is at 571 m. ^[11]

The village sits 76 m above 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 PLAUZAT_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 495 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 76 m below 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 654 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COURNOLS, 6.3 km away at 588 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 — 63126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63425
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63302
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
Jatxou	64	442 km SW	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %
Noyant-de-Touraine	37	253 km NW	1,160	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes	42	91 km E	1,096	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Hélen	22	494 km NW	1,560	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Poligné	35	441 km NW	1,261	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
L'Albenc	38	188 km E	1,255	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes	42	91 km E	1,096	37	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
L'Albenc	38	188 km E	1,255	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Noyant-de-Touraine	37	253 km NW	1,160	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Poligné	35	441 km NW	1,261	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Jatxou	64	442 km SW	1,267	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Hélen	22	494 km NW	1,560	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %

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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 Le Crest'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
Avril	54	454 km NE	1,225	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Hirtzbach	68	378 km NE	1,418	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Luzancy	77	366 km N	1,036	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dom-le-Mesnil	08	463 km N	1,048	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Prunay	51	398 km N	1,042	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Acy	02	408 km N	1,004	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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