Marsac-en-Livradois

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Ambert Livradois Forez · INSEE 63211

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsac-en-Livradois (INSEE 63211) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 1,381 (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/63211-marsac-en-livradois

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 12,194 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.52	10	5.21
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETRIN DU LIVRADOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BERNARD ADRIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE BRUGEAILLES- LE PISE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE HEMERET, MÉDECIN · HELOISE RAMA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MARSAC EN LIVRADOIS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (VICKY COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA GRAVIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PETRIN DU LIVRADOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BERNARD ADRIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	AUBERGE DE BRUGEAILLES- LE PISE	INSEE BPE 1 / 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)	2	ANTOINE HEMERET, MÉDECIN · HELOISE RAMA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MARSAC EN LIVRADOIS	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	4	VICKY COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA GRAVIERE	INSEE 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: 1,523 2023: 1,381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,450 (2012) → 1,381 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,352 (1990) → 1,381 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,040, of which 10.1 % second homes and 23.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.3 km N 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 (Marsac-en-Livradois): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marsac-en-Livradois): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marsac-en-Livradois): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ambert): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Marsac-en-Livradois): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 109.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARSAC-EN-LIVRA weather station, 0 km away at 540 m; the village itself is at 541 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AMBERT, 4.4 km away at 555 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARSAC-EN-LIVRA, 0 km away at 540 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

110 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 83,375 € — 752 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 78,000 € — 579 € 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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63211
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63003
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
Palinges	71	125 km N	1,405	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Cluses	74	231 km E	1,250	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Ours	63	77 km NW	1,708	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnac-la-Côte	87	197 km W	1,631	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	293 km W	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 5 % · humidity 79 %
Labatut	40	431 km SW	1,430	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ours	63	77 km NW	1,708	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Palinges	71	125 km N	1,405	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnac-la-Côte	87	197 km W	1,631	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Châtillon-sur-Cluses	74	231 km E	1,250	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	293 km W	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 5 % · humidity 79 %
Labatut	40	431 km SW	1,430	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · 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 Marsac-en-Livradois'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
Montagnieu	38	134 km E	1,179	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Naisey-les-Granges	25	272 km NE	835	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières	05	235 km E	1,114	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Tarcenay-Foucherans	25	261 km NE	1,498	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Arlanc	63	7.2 km S	1,785	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Crotenay	39	214 km NE	610	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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