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Luzillat

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Plaine Limagne · INSEE 63201

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

Few services 34.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luzillat (INSEE 63201) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Plaine Limagne. Population 1,163 (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/63201-luzillat

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 39 % of the 13,394 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8854.4

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

4 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS AUVERGNAT · CHEZ CARL). [3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE LUZILLAT). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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]
Restaurant4LE RELAIS AUVERGNAT · CHEZ CARLINSEE SIRENE 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1LUZILLAT APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MAIRIE DE LUZILLATINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 764 2023: 1,163 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,018 (2012) → 1,163 (2023): 14.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 747 (1990) → 1,163 (2023): 55.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 552, of which 6 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 1.9 km S (Vinzelles)Bakery — 4.4 km S (Crevant-Laveine)GP — 5.2 km SW (Maringues)Pharmacy — 5.4 km SW (Maringues)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km SBakery — 4.4 km SGP — 5.2 km SWPharmacy — 5.4 km SW 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 (Crevant-Laveine): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vinzelles): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Maringues): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Maringues): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Luzillat): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MARINGUES weather station, 4.6 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 292 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at MARINGUES, 4.6 km away at 300 m, over 12 summers. [12]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MARINGUES, 4.6 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63201/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63201/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63201/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63201/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63128
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63461
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63210
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63201
  12. 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
Trans-sur-Erdre44401 km NW1,15628.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Roannes-Saint-Mary15144 km SW1,10124.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-d'Aurec4393 km SE1,11531.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Tresbœuf35432 km NW1,23427.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Dompierre-sur-Veyle01141 km E1,24531.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Orthevielle40446 km SW1,07327.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chapelle-d'Aurec4393 km SE1,11531.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Dompierre-sur-Veyle01141 km E1,24531.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Roannes-Saint-Mary15144 km SW1,10124.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Trans-sur-Erdre44401 km NW1,15628.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Tresbœuf35432 km NW1,23427.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Orthevielle40446 km SW1,07327.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Luzillat'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
Dompierre-sur-Veyle01141 km E1,24531.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Poliénas38180 km SE1,11131.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Cuffy18116 km N1,02025.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Espinasse-Vozelle0321 km N99536.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Longes69112 km SE93838.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Paslières638.7 km E1,49129.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %