Cros

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Dômes Sancy Artense · INSEE 63129

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cros (INSEE 63129) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 171 (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/63129-cros

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 15,020 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	3.95
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GENDRE YVETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE L'AVENTURINE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CROS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	GENDRE YVETTE	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 PRIVEE L'AVENTURINE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CROS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 306 2023: 171 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 170 (2012) → 171 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 191 (1990) → 171 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 50.7 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NEPharmacy — 3.9 km NEBakery — 4.0 km NEGP — 4.5 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 (Bagnols): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bagnols): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bagnols): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bagnols): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cros): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.6

Days at or below 0 °C 68

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TAUVES weather station, 7.9 km away at 851 m; the village itself is at 796 m. ^[10]

The village sits 55 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHASTREIX, 15.2 km away at 1,385 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 589 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 1,246 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CROS, 0.3 km away at 790 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 — 63129/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63129/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63129/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63129/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63129
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
Moissac-Vallée-Française	48	173 km SE	216	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 26 % · humidity 64 %
Brezons	15	59 km S	177	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Larrau	64	393 km SW	179	32.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Beaumont	07	161 km SE	262	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ascros	06	389 km SE	174	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles	34	195 km S	185	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brezons	15	59 km S	177	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont	07	161 km SE	262	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Moissac-Vallée-Française	48	173 km SE	216	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 26 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maurice-Navacelles	34	195 km S	185	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 77 %
Ascros	06	389 km SE	174	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Larrau	64	393 km SW	179	32.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Cros'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
Brezons	15	59 km S	177	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cubières	48	145 km SE	187	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Lévézou	12	144 km S	161	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Méallet	15	28 km SW	153	14.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-de-Valorgue	63	103 km E	239	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chaumeil	19	56 km W	164	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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