Saint-Donat

Identity

Saint-Donat (INSEE 63336) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 198 (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/63336-saint-donat

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 15,873 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CAMPING LES PERCE NEIGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-DONAT). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES PERCE NEIGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 249 (2012) → 198 (2023): -20.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 334 (1990) → 198 (2023): -40.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 54.9 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Donat): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Tour-d'Auvergne): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bagnols): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Donat): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHASTREIX weather station, 8.5 km away at 1,385 m; the village itself is at 1,045 m. ^[11]

The village sits 340 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 CHASTREIX, 8.5 km away at 1,385 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 340 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 1,641 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PICHERANDE, 3.6 km away at 1,120 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 — 63336/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63336/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63336/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63336/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63192
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63336
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63028
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024