Riom
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Riom (INSEE 63300) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Riom Limagne et Volcans. Population 18,820 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63300-riom
Vitality score
Vitality score 64.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 1,280 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 | 0.61 | 25 | 15.31 |
| Social | 0.92 | 20 | 18.44 |
| Education | 0.46 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Health | 0.6 | 10 | 6.04 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 5.01 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
12 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL MATHIEU · PAINS ET TRADITIONS · BELIN & BELIN · CHEZ DAVID BOULANGERIE · JOSEPH). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (ROCHETTE SARL · PRODUITS GASTRONOMIQUES DE LIMAGNE · BOUCHERIE VIALLE). [3,4]
11 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOCOOP · J.D. DISTRIBUTION · SAVEURS DU SOLEIL · I SELL · VIVAL). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
49 × Restaurant (RIOMVENISE · N GUYEN HO · AUBERGE LA CROIX DE FER SARL · CYBERIOM). [3,4]
15 × Café / bar (GAIA BAR · CENTRAL BAR · L'ITALIE - LE CEZANNE · BURGER AVENUE · LA DECADENCE). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE JEAN ROSTAND · ECOLE MATERNELLE RENE CASSIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE BROSSOLETTE). [3]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM MAURICE GENEST · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE R.CASSIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE BROSSOLETTE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME ET DU SACRE COEUR). [3]
4 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE · COLLEGE JEAN VILAR · COLLEGE MICHEL DE L'HOSPITAL · COLLEGE STE MARIE). [3]
18 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCINE BRUNET, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE JOIGNAUX, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU MEYZEN, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE CHAILLOUX, MÉDECIN · AMELIE FARSAT, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DES PUYS · PHARMACIE SOUILLAT · PHARMACIE DE LIBERTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DES JARDINS DE LA CULTURE RIOM). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINÉMA ARCADIA). [3]
8 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE JEAN ZAY · CITE SCOLAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE · COMPLEXE DE LA VARENNE · GYMNASE AIME CESAIRE · GYMNASE DU PARC DES FETES). [3]
11 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL MASSIF CENTRAL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE RIOM · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · SG - RIOM (0065.3)). [3]
30 × Hairdresser (ARTEMODA BY ISABEL · ESPRIT COIFFURE · SARL CDC). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
6 × Hotel (CAMPANILE · HOTEL IBIS BUDGET RIOM · ACE HOTEL · B&B · HOTEL IBIS CLERMONT NORD RIOM). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 3 × Pharmacy, 5 × Hairdresser, 2 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 12 | SARL MATHIEU · PAINS ET TRADITIONS · BELIN & BELIN · CHEZ DAVID BOULANGERIE · JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | ROCHETTE SARL · PRODUITS GASTRONOMIQUES DE LIMAGNE · BOUCHERIE VIALLE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 11 | BIOCOOP · J.D. DISTRIBUTION · SAVEURS DU SOLEIL · I SELL · VIVAL | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 49 | RIOMVENISE · N GUYEN HO · AUBERGE LA CROIX DE FER SARL · CYBERIOM | INSEE BPE 49 / INSEE SIRENE 81 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 15 | GAIA BAR · CENTRAL BAR · L'ITALIE - LE CEZANNE · BURGER AVENUE · LA DECADENCE | INSEE SIRENE 15 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOL MATE JEAN ROSTAND · ECOLE MATERNELLE RENE CASSIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE BROSSOLETTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOL PRIM MAURICE GENEST · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE R.CASSIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE BROSSOLETTE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME ET DU SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 4 | COLLEGE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE · COLLEGE JEAN VILAR · COLLEGE MICHEL DE L'HOSPITAL · COLLEGE STE MARIE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 18 | FRANCINE BRUNET, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE JOIGNAUX, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU MEYZEN, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE CHAILLOUX, MÉDECIN · AMELIE FARSAT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 18 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | SELARL PHARMACIE DES PUYS · PHARMACIE SOUILLAT · PHARMACIE DE LIBERTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DES JARDINS DE LA CULTURE RIOM | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINÉMA ARCADIA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 8 | GYMNASE JEAN ZAY · CITE SCOLAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE · COMPLEXE DE LA VARENNE · GYMNASE AIME CESAIRE · GYMNASE DU PARC DES FETES | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 11 | CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL MASSIF CENTRAL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE RIOM · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · SG - RIOM (0065.3) | INSEE BPE 11 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 30 | ARTEMODA BY ISABEL · ESPRIT COIFFURE · SARL CDC | INSEE BPE 30 / INSEE SIRENE 40 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 6 | CAMPANILE · HOTEL IBIS BUDGET RIOM · ACE HOTEL · B&B · HOTEL IBIS CLERMONT NORD RIOM | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 18,484 (2012) → 18,820 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 18,793 (1990) → 18,820 (2023): 0.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 10,686, of which 3.2 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Riom): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Riom): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Riom): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Riom): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Riom): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 1.4 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 351 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CLERMONT-FD, 12.2 km away at 331 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 639 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at RIOM, 1.4 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
647 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 212,205 € — 2,119 € per m² of built surface. [11]
598 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 118,875 € — 1,668 € per m². [11]
The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63300/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/636771a5-2f72-3d7c-a6ba-b40d0e886cf0— “Marché hebdomadaire tous les samedis matins, dans la halle et le long de la rue Saint-Amable et de la rue de l'Hôtel de Ville (centre bourg).”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63300/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63300/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63300/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63300
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognac | 16 | 268 km W | 18,532 | 67.4 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vitré | 35 | 411 km NW | 19,365 | 70.1 | Served | no figures |
| Louviers | 27 | 397 km N | 18,705 | 68.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moulins | 03 | 77 km N | 19,206 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pontarlier | 25 | 273 km NE | 18,067 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ducos | 972 | 6,854 km W | 18,105 | 65.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulins | 03 | 77 km N | 19,206 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cognac | 16 | 268 km W | 18,532 | 67.4 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pontarlier | 25 | 273 km NE | 18,067 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louviers | 27 | 397 km N | 18,705 | 68.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vitré | 35 | 411 km NW | 19,365 | 70.1 | Served | no figures |
| Ducos | 972 | 6,854 km W | 18,105 | 65.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · 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 Riom'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulins | 03 | 77 km N | 19,206 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 43 | 112 km SE | 18,540 | 77.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne | 63 | 18 km S | 19,951 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Firminy | 42 | 107 km SE | 17,060 | 66.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 71 | 129 km NE | 17,064 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 174 km E | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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