Ravel

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Entre Dore et Allier · INSEE 63296

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ravel (INSEE 63296) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Entre Dore et Allier. Population 739 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 16,137 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.74	10	7.38
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGE D ANTAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LBV 63 · O P'TIT CREUX RAVELLOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR JOURNAUX TABAC PRESSE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (POINT-MÉDIATHÈQUE DE RAVEL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGE D ANTAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LBV 63 · O P'TIT CREUX RAVELLOIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	BAR JOURNAUX TABAC PRESSE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	POINT-MÉDIATHÈQUE DE RAVEL	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		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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 446 2023: 739 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 695 (2012) → 739 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 597 (1990) → 739 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 4.8 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km SEGP — 5.3 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km N 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 (Ravel): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ravel): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lezoux): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lezoux): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ravel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.1

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FAYET-LE-CHATEA weather station, 9.5 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 338 m. ^[11]

The village sits 247 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 14 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 117 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 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FAYET-LE-CHATEA, 9.5 km away at 585 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/0e3a5e33-206a-30b3-ad57-ec2398145fb2— “Marché hebdomadaire de Ravel”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63195
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
Pradines	42	65 km E	918	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Noyal	22	535 km NW	985	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Valeille	42	71 km E	675	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Nucourt	95	393 km N	719	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fontanès	42	85 km E	690	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Bouessay	53	371 km NW	714	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pradines	42	65 km E	918	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Valeille	42	71 km E	675	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Fontanès	42	85 km E	690	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Bouessay	53	371 km NW	714	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nucourt	95	393 km N	719	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Noyal	22	535 km NW	985	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · 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 Ravel'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
Mariol	03	28 km N	679	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Dénat	81	235 km SW	864	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Vanneau-Irleau	79	316 km W	860	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Moissieu-sur-Dolon	38	132 km E	747	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Panossas	38	141 km E	696	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Moras	38	145 km E	520	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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