Fayet-le-Château
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 15.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fayet-le-Château (INSEE 63157) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Billom Communauté. Population 381 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 19 % of the 18,018 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.6 | 5 | 2.98 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 340 (2012) → 381 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 198 (1990) → 381 (2023): 92.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 258, of which 20.2 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Jean-des-Ollières): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Billom): 7.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Isserteaux): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the FAYET-LE-CHATEA weather station, 2.5 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 654 m. [12]
The village sits 69 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 15.1 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. [12]
That station sits 199 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 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at FAYET-LE-CHATEA, 2.5 km away at 585 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63157/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63157/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63157/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63157/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63365
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63040
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63334
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63177
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménetreuil | 71 | 166 km NE | 412 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 % |
| Fontaine-les-Coteaux | 41 | 307 km NW | 342 | 9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beauchamps-sur-Huillard | 45 | 262 km N | 419 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 % |
| Viazac | 46 | 156 km SW | 344 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vareilles | 23 | 165 km NW | 331 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cause-de-Clérans | 24 | 233 km W | 331 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viazac | 46 | 156 km SW | 344 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vareilles | 23 | 165 km NW | 331 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ménetreuil | 71 | 166 km NE | 412 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cause-de-Clérans | 24 | 233 km W | 331 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
| Beauchamps-sur-Huillard | 45 | 262 km N | 419 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 % |
| Fontaine-les-Coteaux | 41 | 307 km NW | 342 | 9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Fayet-le-Château'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Favril | 28 | 355 km NW | 360 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brion | 71 | 151 km NE | 303 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ligny-en-Brionnais | 71 | 87 km NE | 375 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Droiturier | 03 | 66 km N | 364 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Cray | 71 | 82 km NE | 508 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Celle | 03 | 78 km NW | 398 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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