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Labessette

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Dômes Sancy Artense · INSEE 63183

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 0.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 0 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Labessette (INSEE 63183) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 58 (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/63183-labessette

Vitality score

Vitality score 0.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 0 % of the 5,903 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.06100.58
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CHOMETTE). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CHOMETTEINSEE 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: 126 2023: 58 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 64 (2012) → 58 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 58 (2023): -44.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 118, of which 66.1 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.1 km N (Larodde)Bakery — 5.4 km S (Lanobre)GP — 5.4 km S (Lanobre)Pharmacy — 5.6 km S (Lanobre)Food shop — 5.8 km S (Lanobre)
Primary school — 4.1 km NBakery — 5.4 km SGP — 5.4 km SPharmacy — 5.6 km SFood shop — 5.8 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 (Lanobre): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lanobre): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Lanobre): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Lanobre): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Larodde): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the TAUVES weather station, 7.7 km away at 851 m; the village itself is at 774 m. [10]

The village sits 77 m below 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 ST-SULPICE, 18.1 km away at 851 m, over 23 summers. [10]

That station sits 77 m above 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 1,246 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CROS, 4.9 km away at 790 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63183/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63183/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63183/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63183/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15092
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63190
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Malleval-en-Vercors38230 km E5711.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Lesches-en-Diois26255 km E577.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 8 % · humidity 100 %
Omblèze26222 km E554.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cambia2B643 km SE613No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Planès66335 km S5711.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Verdaches04329 km SE615.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 9 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Omblèze26222 km E554.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Malleval-en-Vercors38230 km E5711.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Lesches-en-Diois26255 km E577.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 8 % · humidity 100 %
Verdaches04329 km SE615.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 9 %
Planès66335 km S5711.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Cambia2B643 km SE613No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Labessette'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coudons11294 km S542.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cros34192 km S6011.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lamontélarié81208 km S5816.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Renno2A622 km SE622.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vaulmier1533 km S607.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Signac31325 km SW400.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %