Neuf-Église

Identity

Neuf-Église (INSEE 63251) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Eloy. Population 332 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/63251-neuf-eglise

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 18,042 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), 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 304 (2012) → 332 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 332 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 28.4 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Menat): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouzol): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ayat-sur-Sioule): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Menat): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Menat): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MENAT weather station, 1.9 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 568 m. ^[11]

The village sits 158 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 9.6 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 137 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 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MENAT, 1.9 km away at 410 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 85,000 € — 701 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 63251/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63251/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63251/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63251/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63223
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63286
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63025
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025