Gimeaux

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge · INSEE 63167

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gimeaux (INSEE 63167) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 383 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/63167-gimeaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,999 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.7	10	7.04
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	GIMEAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GIMEAUX	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: 279 peak 2012: 405 2023: 383 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 405 (2012) → 383 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 383 (2023): 20.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 5.7 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.0 km EBakery — 2.7 km SEFood shop — 2.7 km SEPharmacy — 3.4 km SE 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-Bonnet-près-Riom): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Davayat): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gimeaux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.5

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

Muggy days a summer 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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RIOM weather station, 6.9 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 373 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CLERMONT-FD, 18.5 km away at 331 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 639 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RIOM, 6.9 km away at 360 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 — 63167/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63167/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63167/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63167/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63167
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
Fresne-Léguillon	60	377 km N	440	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Couffoulens	11	317 km S	533	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 %
Coulobres	34	278 km S	367	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Donnenheim	67	461 km NE	367	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Aumes	34	278 km S	498	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Messincourt	08	443 km N	580	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aumes	34	278 km S	498	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Coulobres	34	278 km S	367	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Couffoulens	11	317 km S	533	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 %
Fresne-Léguillon	60	377 km N	440	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Messincourt	08	443 km N	580	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Donnenheim	67	461 km NE	367	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · 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 Gimeaux'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
Champdôtre	21	218 km NE	600	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Prompsat	63	1.2 km W	472	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Munwiller	68	391 km NE	461	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Dieffenbach-lès-Wœrth	67	484 km NE	322	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Frœschwiller	67	482 km NE	482	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pin	70	261 km NE	732	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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