La Roche-Blanche
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Roche-Blanche (INSEE 63302) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Mond'Arverne Communauté. Population 3,311 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63302-la-roche-blanche
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 6,560 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.4 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.74 | 10 | 7.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL REYNO-PORCHERON · BOULANGERIE DE GERGOVIE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (POUSADAS DU PORTUGAL · L'ETAL A VRAC). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LA HUTTE GAULOISE · O'RENCARD · H2M 63 · LE BISTRO DE BACCHUS). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J.FERRY). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLINE PANIGHETTI, MÉDECIN · BEATRICE FRESSANGES DU BOST, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC ORHAN, MÉDECIN · ANDRE SUCH, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE LE GERGOVIAL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LA ROCHE BLANCHE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE LEO LAGRANGE · SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (STYLE CREA COIFFURE · MR&MRS · DFL 06 · CHARLOTTE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Café / bar. [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | SARL REYNO-PORCHERON · BOULANGERIE DE GERGOVIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | POUSADAS DU PORTUGAL · L'ETAL A VRAC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | LA HUTTE GAULOISE · O'RENCARD · H2M 63 · LE BISTRO DE BACCHUS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J.FERRY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | CAROLINE PANIGHETTI, MÉDECIN · BEATRICE FRESSANGES DU BOST, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC ORHAN, MÉDECIN · ANDRE SUCH, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE LE GERGOVIAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE LA ROCHE BLANCHE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | ESPACE LEO LAGRANGE · SALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | STYLE CREA COIFFURE · MR&MRS · DFL 06 · CHARLOTTE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 3,192 (2012) → 3,311 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,664 (1990) → 3,311 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,506, of which 1.5 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Roche-Blanche): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Roche-Blanche): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (La Roche-Blanche): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Roche-Blanche): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Roche-Blanche): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ST-GENES-CHPLLE-INRAE weather station, 8.8 km away at 893 m; the village itself is at 465 m. [9]
The village sits 428 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ST-GENES-CHPLLE-INRAE, 8.8 km away at 893 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 428 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 654 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at COURNOLS, 7.7 km away at 588 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63302/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63302/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63302/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63302/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63302
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saône | 25 | 285 km NE | 3,195 | 46.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure | 28 | 331 km NW | 2,797 | 52.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Mérévillois | 91 | 302 km N | 3,477 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 % |
| Fontaine-le-Comte | 86 | 239 km NW | 3,972 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nailloux | 31 | 287 km SW | 4,211 | 49.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 81 % |
| Pavie | 32 | 307 km SW | 2,566 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-le-Comte | 86 | 239 km NW | 3,972 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saône | 25 | 285 km NE | 3,195 | 46.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nailloux | 31 | 287 km SW | 4,211 | 49.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 81 % |
| Le Mérévillois | 91 | 302 km N | 3,477 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 % |
| Pavie | 32 | 307 km SW | 2,566 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure | 28 | 331 km NW | 2,797 | 52.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · 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 La Roche-Blanche'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure | 28 | 331 km NW | 2,797 | 52.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontaine-le-Comte | 86 | 239 km NW | 3,972 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Briis-sous-Forges | 91 | 334 km N | 3,342 | 40.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Anizy-le-Grand | 02 | 424 km N | 2,472 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bavay | 59 | 514 km N | 3,249 | 55 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Scherwiller | 67 | 434 km NE | 3,099 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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