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Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Billom Communauté · INSEE 63334

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

Partly served 43.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne (INSEE 63334) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Billom Communauté. Population 556 (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/63334-saint-dier-d-auvergne

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,459 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.55105.47
Housing mix0.4252.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DU MIODET). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS VILLON). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES BERLANDI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FOURIS GACHON). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-DIER-D'AUVERGNE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL DU MIODETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE FRANCOIS VILLONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1GILLES BERLANDI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE FOURIS GACHONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-DIER-D'AUVERGNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 660 2023: 556 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 556 (2012) → 556 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 531 (1990) → 556 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 419, of which 28.9 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 7.2 km SE (Cunlhat)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 7.2 km SE 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-Dier-d'Auvergne): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cunlhat): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the FAYET-LE-CHATEA weather station, 4.8 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 441 m. [10]

The village sits 144 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 11.2 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FAYET-LE-CHATEA, 4.8 km away at 585 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63334/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63334/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63334/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63334/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63334
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63132
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Parisot82202 km SW55743.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Clugnat23127 km NW65236Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-d'Olt12140 km S62346.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %
La Croisille-sur-Briance87148 km W72851.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Puycapel15138 km SW71752.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Menat6365 km NW54746.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Menat6365 km NW54746.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Clugnat23127 km NW65236Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Puycapel15138 km SW71752.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-d'Olt12140 km S62346.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %
La Croisille-sur-Briance87148 km W72851.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Parisot82202 km SW55743.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Dier-d'Auvergne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Puycapel15138 km SW71752.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ladinhac15128 km SW43428.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Teillet81224 km SW45840.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Dampierre-sous-Bouhy58205 km N46133.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Felzins46159 km SW46431.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chapelle-Voland39192 km NE63825.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %