Plauzat
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plauzat (INSEE 63282) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 1,641 (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/63282-plauzat
Vitality score
Vitality score 58.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 10,951 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.75 |
| Social | 0.78 | 20 | 15.54 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.88 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COCKTAIL'BONBONS · PATISSERIE JUILHARD · SAFRANIERE DE FOND BERGERE PATISSERIE CHEZ GATITA ET GATITO). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PLAUZAT DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA PITIGLIANO · VITAMINES · AU 3 B). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE SWIF). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL GATIGNOL). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNIE LE GALL, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE TOULOUSE, MÉDECIN · BENOIT BOUDOYEN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PLAUZAT). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (PLAUZAT COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | COCKTAIL'BONBONS · PATISSERIE JUILHARD · SAFRANIERE DE FOND BERGERE PATISSERIE CHEZ GATITA ET GATITO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PLAUZAT DISTRIBUTION | 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 | PIZZERIA PITIGLIANO · VITAMINES · AU 3 B | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE SWIF | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL GATIGNOL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | ANNIE LE GALL, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE TOULOUSE, MÉDECIN · BENOIT BOUDOYEN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PLAUZAT | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | PLAUZAT COIFFURE | 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
Population 1,541 (2012) → 1,641 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 895 (1990) → 1,641 (2023): 83.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 787, of which 2.5 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plauzat): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Plauzat): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Plauzat): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Champeix): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Plauzat): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PLAUZAT_SAPC weather station, 1.3 km away at 495 m; the village itself is at 421 m. [10]
The village sits 74 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PLAUZAT_SAPC, 1.3 km away at 495 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 74 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 608 mm of rain a year, spread over 91 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PLAUZAT_SAPC, 1.3 km away at 495 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 — 63282/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63282/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63282/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63282/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63282
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63080
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pernay | 37 | 287 km NW | 1,609 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mareau-aux-Prés | 45 | 268 km N | 1,669 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moussac | 30 | 201 km SE | 1,564 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Lédenon | 30 | 218 km SE | 1,685 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 % |
| Puyloubier | 13 | 307 km SE | 1,768 | 41.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hermonville | 51 | 417 km N | 1,419 | 47.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussac | 30 | 201 km SE | 1,564 | 51.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Lédenon | 30 | 218 km SE | 1,685 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 % |
| Mareau-aux-Prés | 45 | 268 km N | 1,669 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pernay | 37 | 287 km NW | 1,609 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puyloubier | 13 | 307 km SE | 1,768 | 41.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hermonville | 51 | 417 km N | 1,419 | 47.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Plauzat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pernay | 37 | 287 km NW | 1,609 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mareau-aux-Prés | 45 | 268 km N | 1,669 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Échelles | 73 | 204 km E | 1,286 | 44.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Messigny-et-Vantoux | 21 | 245 km NE | 1,720 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher | 37 | 284 km NW | 1,824 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rully | 71 | 185 km NE | 1,609 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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