Manzat
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Manzat (INSEE 63206) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 1,426 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63206-manzat
Vitality score
Vitality score 52.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 12,003 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.26 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MANZAT-VIANDES). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (SMBPC · LA GRANDE BOTTE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE SIX POINT TROIS). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE RENE CASSIN). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS BOURGADE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MANZAT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MANZAT - TÊTE DE RÉSEAU SECTEUR MONTAGNE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (LE BOIS BASALTE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | MANZAT-VIANDES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 4 | SMBPC · LA GRANDE BOTTE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE SIX POINT TROIS | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE RENE CASSIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | FRANCOIS BOURGADE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE MANZAT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MANZAT - TÊTE DE RÉSEAU SECTEUR MONTAGNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | LE BOIS BASALTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,307 (2012) → 1,426 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,362 (1990) → 1,426 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 806, of which 7.4 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Manzat): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Manzat): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Manzat): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Manzat): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Manzat): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF-LES weather station, 8.1 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 621 m. [10]
The village sits 231 m above 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-GERVAIS-D AU, 13.2 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 84 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 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF-LES, 8.1 km away at 390 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
75 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 130,500 € — 1,000 € per m² of built surface. [11]
6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 135,000 € — 652 € per m². [11]
The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63206/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/59468e21-2124-37b7-be05-3af6f9861968— “Marché du mercredi.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63206/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63206/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63206/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63206
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pizou | 24 | 247 km SW | 1,428 | 50.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 36 % |
| Fleurie | 69 | 138 km E | 1,382 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint Antoine l'Abbaye | 38 | 198 km SE | 1,263 | 57.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Vincent-des-Landes | 44 | 387 km NW | 1,525 | 47.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 15 % |
| Ygos-Saint-Saturnin | 40 | 364 km SW | 1,334 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 30 % · humidity 43 % |
| Grignols | 33 | 292 km SW | 1,216 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 4 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleurie | 69 | 138 km E | 1,382 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint Antoine l'Abbaye | 38 | 198 km SE | 1,263 | 57.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Pizou | 24 | 247 km SW | 1,428 | 50.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 36 % |
| Grignols | 33 | 292 km SW | 1,216 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 4 % · humidity 57 % |
| Ygos-Saint-Saturnin | 40 | 364 km SW | 1,334 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 30 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Vincent-des-Landes | 44 | 387 km NW | 1,525 | 47.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 15 % |
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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 Manzat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauteroche | 39 | 224 km E | 971 | 66.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lapte | 43 | 132 km SE | 1,806 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois | 42 | 115 km SE | 1,827 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-Chapteuil | 43 | 135 km SE | 2,019 | 56.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Courtine | 23 | 60 km SW | 707 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Miribel-les-Échelles | 38 | 223 km E | 1,713 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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