Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel

Identity

Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel (INSEE 63324) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 211 (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/63324-saint-bonnet-le-chastel

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 16,263 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BONNET LE CHASTEL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (SAINT-BONNET-LE-CHASTEL). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 222 (2012) → 211 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 211 (2023): -4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 59.5 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Doranges): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-l'Herm): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germain-l'Herm): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Arlanc): 8.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Doranges): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-GERMAIN-L HE weather station, 8 km away at 1,070 m; the village itself is at 866 m. ^[11]

The village sits 204 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, 8 km away at 1,070 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 204 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, 8 km away at 1,070 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63324/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63324/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63324/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63324/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63137
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63353
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63010
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024