Pouzol

Identity

Pouzol (INSEE 63286) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Combrailles Sioule et Morge. Population 274 (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/63286-pouzol

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,590 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ JOSETTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE LA PASSERELLE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 284 (2012) → 274 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 181 (1990) → 274 (2023): 51.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 25 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Rémy-de-Blot): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouzol): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pardoux): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Menat): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pouzol): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 112 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MENAT weather station, 4.8 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 616 m. ^[12]

The village sits 206 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 14.3 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 89 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MENAT, 4.8 km away at 410 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63286/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63286/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63286/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63286/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63391
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63286
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63382
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63223
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024