Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc

Identity

Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc (INSEE 63312) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 132 (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/63312-saint-alyre-d-arlanc

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 13,055 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LA COUSSOTTE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT ALYRE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST ALYRE D ARLANC AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ALYRE-D'ARLANC LE BOURG). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 162 (2012) → 132 (2023): -18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 219 (1990) → 132 (2023): -39.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 261, of which 49.8 % second homes and 16.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Doranges): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chaise-Dieu): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chaise-Dieu): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chaise-Dieu): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-GERMAIN-L HE weather station, 13.1 km away at 1,070 m; the village itself is at 844 m. ^[11]

The village sits 226 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-GERMAIN-L HE, 13.1 km away at 1,070 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 226 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 1,056 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-L HE, 13.1 km away at 1,070 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

37 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 70,000 € — 761 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63312/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63312/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63312/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63312/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63137
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43048
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63312
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025