Gelles

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Dômes Sancy Artense · INSEE 63163

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

Served 64.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gelles (INSEE 63163) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 921 (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/63163-gelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 14,839 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.44	10	4.37
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE GELLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COMBRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HOSTELLERIE DU COMMERCE · MARCELLO PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER CAILLOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GELLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GELLES AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (C DOMICILE · AF CREATION). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE GELISON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DELICES DE GELLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COMBRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	HOSTELLERIE DU COMMERCE · MARCELLO PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DIDIER CAILLOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GELLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GELLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	C DOMICILE · AF CREATION	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE GELISON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,127 2023: 921 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 889 (2012) → 921 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 983 (1990) → 921 (2023): -6.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 587, of which 13.5 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.2 km W 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 (Gelles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gelles): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gelles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gelles): 1.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gelles): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.6

Days at or below 0 °C 87.3

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the GELLES weather station, 3.3 km away at 784 m; the village itself is at 860 m. ^[9]

The village sits 76 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VERNINES, 14.8 km away at 1,045 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 185 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,024 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at GELLES, 3.3 km away at 784 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63163/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63163/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63163/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63163/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63163
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
Saint-Cernin	15	84 km S	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Lonlay-l'Abbaye	61	414 km NW	1,123	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Montréal	32	286 km SW	1,171	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · humidity 7 %
Linards	87	96 km W	1,001	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Luché-Pringé	72	297 km NW	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon	43	104 km SE	1,038	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cernin	15	84 km S	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Linards	87	96 km W	1,001	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon	43	104 km SE	1,038	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Montréal	32	286 km SW	1,171	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · humidity 7 %
Luché-Pringé	72	297 km NW	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Lonlay-l'Abbaye	61	414 km NW	1,123	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 32 % · 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 Gelles'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
Sardent	23	77 km NW	760	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vézins-de-Lévézou	12	166 km S	656	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vernet-Chaméane	63	63 km SE	775	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	101 km SE	839	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Quarré-les-Tombes	89	201 km NE	619	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère	15	95 km S	1,677	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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