Montcel

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge · INSEE 63235

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

Few services 24.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montcel (INSEE 63235) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 550 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,522 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	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: 215 2023: 550 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 432 (2012) → 550 (2023): 27.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 302 (1990) → 550 (2023): 82.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 5.1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.6 km SEFood shop — 3.7 km SEBakery — 3.9 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Combronde): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Combronde): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Combronde): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Combronde): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montcel): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 85.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF-LES weather station, 12.6 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[10]

The village sits 72 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]

An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-PARDOUX, 5.3 km away at 602 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 — 63235/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63235/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63235/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63235/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63235
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
Chapelle-d'Huin	25	259 km NE	549	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 55 %
Vendenesse-sur-Arroux	71	103 km NE	552	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %
Guigneville	45	253 km N	540	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 46 %
Villeneuve-Lécussan	31	378 km SW	544	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Moragne	17	299 km W	536	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 49 %
Comps	33	304 km W	531	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 20 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vendenesse-sur-Arroux	71	103 km NE	552	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %
Guigneville	45	253 km N	540	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 46 %
Chapelle-d'Huin	25	259 km NE	549	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 55 %
Moragne	17	299 km W	536	22.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 49 %
Comps	33	304 km W	531	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 20 %
Villeneuve-Lécussan	31	378 km SW	544	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %

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