Marsat

Identity

Marsat (INSEE 63212) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Riom Limagne et Volcans. Population 1,426 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/63212-marsat

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (AU CHANTEUR RESTOLIVE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARSAT MARSAT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DYLAN COIFFEUR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,216 (2012) → 1,426 (2023): 17.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,062 (1990) → 1,426 (2023): 34.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 664, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mozac): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mozac): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mozac): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Enval): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RIOM weather station, 1.9 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 385 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CLERMONT-FD, 11.3 km away at 331 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 639 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RIOM, 1.9 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

101 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 184,988 € — 1,578 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63212/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63212/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63212/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63212/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63245
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63150
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63212
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025