Aulhat-Flat

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire · INSEE 63160

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aulhat-Flat (INSEE 63160) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 944 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Aulhat-Saint-Privat (63018). ^[3]

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/63160-aulhat-flat

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 14,691 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.9	10	9.01
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (P'TIT POULET). ^[4,5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (CHARLENE COIFFURE LOCADECO63). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	P'TIT POULET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
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	1	CHARLENE COIFFURE LOCADECO63	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 541 2023: 944 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 911 (2012) → 944 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 674 (1990) → 944 (2023): 40.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 2.9 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km NFood shop — 2.9 km NGP — 3.7 km SWPharmacy — 3.8 km SW 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 (Saint-Babel): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Babel): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Issoire): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Issoire): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.9

Days at or below 0 °C 72.8

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 5 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 454 m. ^[12]

The village sits 82 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 ISSOIRE, 5 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 82 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 619 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ISSOIRE, 5 km away at 372 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 — 63160/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63160/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63160/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63160/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63160
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
Val d'Orger	27	445 km N	986	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac	16	289 km W	832	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 %
Grand-Camp	76	487 km NW	763	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Youx	63	75 km NW	864	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	81	244 km SW	928	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin	38	180 km E	937	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Youx	63	75 km NW	864	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin	38	180 km E	937	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	81	244 km SW	928	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 27 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac	16	289 km W	832	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 %
Val d'Orger	27	445 km N	986	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Grand-Camp	76	487 km NW	763	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · 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 Aulhat-Flat'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
Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin	38	180 km E	937	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Anglars-Saint-Félix	12	153 km SW	930	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Orbeil	63	2.0 km SW	883	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Geyssans	26	149 km E	755	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Massieu	38	179 km E	773	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Maisonsgoutte	67	431 km NE	790	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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