Limons

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Plaine Limagne · INSEE 63196

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

Few services 30.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Limons (INSEE 63196) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Plaine Limagne. Population 721 (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/63196-limons

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 16,264 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.44
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DU PONT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	2	RESTAURANT DU PONT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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	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

1968: 641 peak 2017: 754 2023: 721 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 696 (2012) → 721 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 630 (1990) → 721 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 4.7 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km SEPharmacy — 2.7 km SEBakery — 2.9 km SEGP — 3.2 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 (Puy-Guillaume): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puy-Guillaume): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Puy-Guillaume): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Puy-Guillaume): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Limons): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.1

Days at or below 0 °C 68.5

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARINGUES weather station, 10 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 296 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARINGUES, 10 km away at 300 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PASLIERES, 4.7 km away at 331 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 — 63196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63291
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63196
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
Escolives-Sainte-Camille	89	195 km N	719	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Theuville	28	297 km NW	729	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Garnerans	01	111 km E	711	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Germigny-sur-Loire	58	127 km N	738	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Illhaeusern	68	389 km NE	717	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Flocques	76	478 km N	729	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Garnerans	01	111 km E	711	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Germigny-sur-Loire	58	127 km N	738	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Escolives-Sainte-Camille	89	195 km N	719	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Theuville	28	297 km NW	729	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Illhaeusern	68	389 km NE	717	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Flocques	76	478 km N	729	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 54 %

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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 Limons'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
Escolives-Sainte-Camille	89	195 km N	719	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Germigny-sur-Loire	58	127 km N	738	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Illhaeusern	68	389 km NE	717	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lignerolles	03	76 km NW	760	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Massieu	38	177 km E	773	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pessat-Villeneuve	63	23 km W	745	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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