Gignat
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gignat (INSEE 63166) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 257 (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/63166-gignat
Vitality score
Vitality score 12.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 21 % of the 17,348 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 | 0.71 | 10 | 7.07 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.93 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 242 (2012) → 257 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 213 (1990) → 257 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 159, of which 10.7 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Broc): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 6.9 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 428 m. [10]
The village sits 56 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 6.9 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. [10]
That station sits 56 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 619 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ISSOIRE, 6.9 km away at 372 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63166/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63166/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63166/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63166/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63054
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63352
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audelange | 39 | 259 km NE | 256 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rouvray | 27 | 423 km N | 256 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rouessé-Fontaine | 72 | 393 km NW | 261 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 59 % |
| Crécy-Couvé | 28 | 384 km N | 255 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Andiran | 47 | 279 km SW | 260 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 % |
| Teneur | 62 | 558 km N | 259 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audelange | 39 | 259 km NE | 256 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Andiran | 47 | 279 km SW | 260 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 % |
| Crécy-Couvé | 28 | 384 km N | 255 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rouessé-Fontaine | 72 | 393 km NW | 261 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 59 % |
| Rouvray | 27 | 423 km N | 256 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Teneur | 62 | 558 km N | 259 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 41 % · 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 Gignat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audelange | 39 | 259 km NE | 256 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Langy | 03 | 90 km N | 280 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Andelarrot | 70 | 321 km NE | 246 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vernas | 38 | 164 km E | 268 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Val | 25 | 271 km NE | 251 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-Robert | 39 | 241 km NE | 236 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
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