Murat-le-Quaire

Identity

Murat-le-Quaire (INSEE 63246) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Massif du Sancy. Population 484 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/63246-murat-le-quaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,855 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RAPHLOU · LE RELAIS DE LA TOINETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARCEL BONY). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALICE VERGNOL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE PUBLIC MARCEL BONY). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ALEXANDRA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL AUBERGE LA CABANNE). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PLAN D'EAU · CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES COUDERTS · CAMPING LE PANORAMIQUE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 481 (2012) → 484 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 435 (1990) → 484 (2023): 11.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 602, of which 58.1 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Bourboule): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bourboule): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Murat-le-Quaire): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Bourboule): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAQUEUILLE-INRAE weather station, 4.3 km away at 1,095 m; the village itself is at 1,012 m. ^[11]

The village sits 83 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAQUEUILLE-INRAE, 4.3 km away at 1,095 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 83 m above 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 1,135 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAQUEUILLE-INRAE, 4.3 km away at 1,095 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63246/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63246/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63246/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63246/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63047
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63246
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63192
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024