Orcival
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 35/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Orcival (INSEE 63264) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 240 (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/63264-orcival
Vitality score
Vitality score 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 17,060 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.55 | 5 | 2.73 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FERME LE ROC). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (CAFE ET GITE DU LAC SERVIERES · LA PACHADE · L'AJASSERIE D'ORCIVAL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ORCIVAL AP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE LE CANTOU). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE FLECHAT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | FERME LE ROC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 3 | CAFE ET GITE DU LAC SERVIERES · LA PACHADE · L'AJASSERIE D'ORCIVAL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | ORCIVAL AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | AUBERGE LE CANTOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE FLECHAT | 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
Population 234 (2012) → 240 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 283 (1990) → 240 (2023): -15.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 198, of which 22.7 % second homes and 16.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rochefort-Montagne): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Orcival): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Rochefort-Montagne): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rochefort-Montagne): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rochefort-Montagne): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ORCIVAL weather station, 1.7 km away at 1,080 m; the village itself is at 872 m. [10]
The village sits 208 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VERNINES, 4 km away at 1,045 m, over 20 summers. [10]
That station sits 173 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,044 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ORCIVAL, 1.7 km away at 1,080 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 — 63264/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63264/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63264/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63264/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63305
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63264
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luchapt | 86 | 169 km W | 244 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 % |
| Thémines | 46 | 131 km SW | 240 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tallone | 2B | 651 km SE | 288 | 33.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Petit-Bersac | 24 | 208 km W | 184 | 26 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · humidity 43 % |
| Juré | 42 | 84 km E | 242 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cressy-sur-Somme | 71 | 138 km NE | 175 | 24.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juré | 42 | 84 km E | 242 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thémines | 46 | 131 km SW | 240 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cressy-sur-Somme | 71 | 138 km NE | 175 | 24.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Luchapt | 86 | 169 km W | 244 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 % |
| Petit-Bersac | 24 | 208 km W | 184 | 26 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · humidity 43 % |
| Tallone | 2B | 651 km SE | 288 | 33.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · 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 Orcival'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussey | 21 | 207 km NE | 247 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer | 21 | 203 km NE | 267 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Échandelys | 63 | 56 km E | 248 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Curan | 12 | 165 km S | 307 | 24.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mont-Saint-Jean | 21 | 215 km NE | 267 | 27.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cézens | 15 | 78 km S | 218 | 5.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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