Échandelys

Identity

Échandelys (INSEE 63142) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 248 (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/63142-echandelys

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,170 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. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ECHANDELYS LA POSTE RELAIS RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 234 (2012) → 248 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 248 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 33.5 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Condat-lès-Montboissier): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-l'Herm): 9.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germain-l'Herm): 9.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sauxillanges): 12.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-GERMAIN-L HE weather station, 9.1 km away at 1,070 m; the village itself is at 878 m. ^[12]

The village sits 192 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 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-GERMAIN-L HE, 9.1 km away at 1,070 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 192 m above 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 1,056 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-L HE, 9.1 km away at 1,070 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 — 63142/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63142/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63142/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63142/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63119
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63353
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63415
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63142
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024