Lachaux

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Thiers Dore et Montagne · INSEE 63184

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

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lachaux (INSEE 63184) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 273 (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/63184-lachaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,545 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	0.42	10	4.22
Housing mix	0.36	5	1.82

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 PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LACHAUX). ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LACHAUX MAIRIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LACHAUX	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: 464 2023: 273 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 310 (2012) → 273 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 296 (1990) → 273 (2023): -7.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 31.8 % second homes and 16.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.2 km NEPharmacy — 5.4 km NEFood shop — 6.2 km WGP — 6.2 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 (Ferrières-sur-Sichon): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteldon): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châteldon): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ferrières-sur-Sichon): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lachaux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 86.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CELLES-SUR-DURO weather station, 16.9 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 666 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LACHAUX, 1.9 km away at 530 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 — 63184/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63184/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63184/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63184/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03113
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63184
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
Vitrac	15	165 km SW	268	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois	23	129 km W	275	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Biches	58	113 km N	240	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Laprugne	03	11 km E	308	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 61 %
Bonnefont	65	399 km SW	314	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 39 %
Néoux	23	104 km W	279	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laprugne	03	11 km E	308	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 61 %
Néoux	23	104 km W	279	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Biches	58	113 km N	240	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois	23	129 km W	275	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Vitrac	15	165 km SW	268	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Bonnefont	65	399 km SW	314	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 39 %

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Elsewhere

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