Pessat-Villeneuve

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Riom Limagne et Volcans · INSEE 63278

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

Few services 35/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pessat-Villeneuve (INSEE 63278) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Riom Limagne et Volcans. Population 745 (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 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 16,090 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ARC-EN-CIEL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EN TETE A TETE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ARC-EN-CIEL	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	EN TETE A TETE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 150 2023: 745 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 745 (2023): 40.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 384 (1990) → 745 (2023): 94 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 317, of which 1.9 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.0 km WBakery — 3.4 km WFood shop — 3.5 km WGP — 3.5 km W 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 (Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-près-Riom): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pessat-Villeneuve): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.5

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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

Measured at the RIOM weather station, 6.3 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 340 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARINGUES, 14.3 km away at 300 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUBIAT, 5.8 km away at 348 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 — 63278/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63278/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63278/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63278/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63278
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
Essegney	88	361 km NE	747	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Bourg-Beaudouin	27	409 km N	741	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauvilain	38	175 km E	737	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Caprais	18	133 km NW	747	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	440 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Téthieu	40	406 km SW	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Caprais	18	133 km NW	747	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Châteauvilain	38	175 km E	737	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Essegney	88	361 km NE	747	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Téthieu	40	406 km SW	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Bourg-Beaudouin	27	409 km N	741	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	440 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Pessat-Villeneuve'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
Germigny-sur-Loire	58	129 km N	738	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Illhaeusern	68	410 km NE	717	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Escolives-Sainte-Camille	89	202 km N	719	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Limons	63	23 km E	721	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Parigny	42	73 km E	629	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Crachier	38	166 km E	600	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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