La Forie

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Ambert Livradois Forez · INSEE 63161

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Forie (INSEE 63161) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 317 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/63161-la-forie

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,936 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	0.3	10	3.01
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LE GRENIER A PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	LE GRENIER A PIZZAS	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	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 LA FORIE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 383 peak 1990: 396 2023: 317 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 317 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 396 (1990) → 317 (2023): -19.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 12.1 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NWGP — 4.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 km S 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 (Job): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Forie): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambert): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ambert): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Forie): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 98.6▸

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AMBERT weather station, 8.3 km away at 555 m; the village itself is at 596 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AMBERT, 8.3 km away at 555 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,202 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALCIVIERES, 2.6 km away at 855 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63161/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63161/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63161/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63161/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63161
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63003
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
Thoisy-la-Berchère	21	191 km N	302	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Leschaux	74	185 km E	328	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Brugairolles	11	302 km SW	308	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Amponville	77	313 km N	349	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Bauzy	41	272 km NW	270	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Arbérats-Sillègue	64	453 km SW	329	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 5 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Leschaux	74	185 km E	328	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Thoisy-la-Berchère	21	191 km N	302	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Bauzy	41	272 km NW	270	35.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Brugairolles	11	302 km SW	308	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Amponville	77	313 km N	349	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Arbérats-Sillègue	64	453 km SW	329	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 5 % · humidity 0 %

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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 La Forie'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
Laroquevieille	15	115 km SW	350	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Gerbamont	88	352 km NE	354	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ravilloles	39	183 km NE	434	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier	19	178 km W	410	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ayn	73	155 km E	392	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Landaville	88	336 km NE	288	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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