Domaize

Identity

Domaize (INSEE 63136) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 386 (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/63136-domaize

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 18,020 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA AU CABANON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 384 (2012) → 386 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 298 (1990) → 386 (2023): 29.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 291, of which 28.5 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Flour-l'Étang): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cunlhat): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Domaize): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CUNLHAT weather station, 6.3 km away at 700 m; the village itself is at 550 m. ^[12]

The village sits 150 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 7.9 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 95 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 999 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CUNLHAT, 6.3 km away at 700 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 — 63136/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63136/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63136/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63136/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63343
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63132
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63334
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63136
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024