Saint-Diéry

Puy-de-Dôme · CC du Massif du Sancy · INSEE 63335

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

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Diéry (INSEE 63335) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Massif du Sancy. Population 546 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Creste (63127). ^[3]

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/63335-saint-diery

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,525 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (G2P). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant. ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (MAIRIE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT DIERY AP). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	G2P	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT DIERY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 394 2023: 546 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 443 (2012) → 546 (2023): 23.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 354 (1990) → 546 (2023): 54.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 436, of which 19.5 % second homes and 22.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.3 km SWFood shop — 1.4 km SWBakery — 4.6 km NWGP — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 5.1 km NW 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-Nectaire): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Diéry): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Nectaire): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Nectaire): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Diéry): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.3

Days at or below 0 °C 64.3

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BESSE-ET-ST-ANA weather station, 7.6 km away at 1,050 m; the village itself is at 769 m. ^[11]

The village sits 281 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 PLAUZAT_SAPC, 12.1 km away at 495 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 274 m below 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 1,284 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BESSE-ET-ST-ANA, 7.6 km away at 1,050 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63335/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63335/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63335/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63335/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63380
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63335
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
Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie	53	444 km NW	522	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Béthines	86	193 km NW	467	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Ruch	33	255 km W	539	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 %
Campsegret	24	204 km W	407	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	477 km NW	531	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Les Coteaux Périgourdins	24	138 km W	554	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Coteaux Périgourdins	24	138 km W	554	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Béthines	86	193 km NW	467	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Campsegret	24	204 km W	407	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Ruch	33	255 km W	539	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie	53	444 km NW	522	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	477 km NW	531	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · 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-Diéry'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
Boffres	07	149 km SE	633	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bruyères	61	405 km NW	494	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Coulonche	61	434 km NW	497	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume	61	442 km NW	349	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ban-de-Sapt	88	434 km NE	360	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Arleuf	58	184 km NE	637	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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