Saint-Babel

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire · INSEE 63321

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

Partly served 50.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Babel (INSEE 63321) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 948 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63321-saint-babel

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 14,641 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.96	10	9.63
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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) (BOSSUYT RICHARD SAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EURL MEGE · SANSEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA POPOTE MOBILE · RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE ST BABEL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	BOSSUYT RICHARD SAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	EURL MEGE · SANSEN	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	2	LA POPOTE MOBILE · RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE ST BABEL	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 596 2023: 948 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 918 (2012) → 948 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 648 (1990) → 948 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 494, of which 6.9 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.8 km SWPharmacy — 5.8 km SW 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 (Saint-Babel): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Babel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Issoire): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Issoire): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Babel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.2

Days at or below 0 °C 88.6

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAUXILLANGES weather station, 7.3 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 541 m. ^[10]

The village sits 81 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 7.4 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 169 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAUXILLANGES, 7.3 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63321/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63321/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63321/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63321/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63178
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
Brach	33	337 km W	906	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Cambounet-sur-le-Sor	81	243 km SW	978	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 4 % · humidity 14 %
Azay-sur-Thouet	79	304 km NW	1,114	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 71 %
Marsonnas	01	160 km NE	1,039	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 65 %
Fourquevaux	31	268 km SW	851	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 50 %
Lafitte-Vigordane	31	307 km SW	1,142	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marsonnas	01	160 km NE	1,039	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 65 %
Cambounet-sur-le-Sor	81	243 km SW	978	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 4 % · humidity 14 %
Fourquevaux	31	268 km SW	851	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 50 %
Azay-sur-Thouet	79	304 km NW	1,114	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 71 %
Lafitte-Vigordane	31	307 km SW	1,142	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Brach	33	337 km W	906	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Saint-Babel'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
Rochetoirin	38	165 km E	1,090	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pomeys	69	89 km E	1,126	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Léaz	01	208 km E	912	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Héry-sur-Alby	74	212 km E	979	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Moye	74	205 km E	985	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sarcey	69	103 km E	980	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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