Saint-Genès-Champespe

Identity

Saint-Genès-Champespe (INSEE 63346) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Massif du Sancy. Population 200 (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/63346-saint-genes-champespe

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 15,961 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FAMILLE GUITTARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HOTEL DU MIDI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (PÔLE LECTURE PUBLIQUE MASSIF DU SANCY - ST-GENÈS-CHAMPESPE LE COIN DES PÔCHES). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU MIDI). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE ST GENES CHAMPESPE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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 227 (2012) → 200 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 317 (1990) → 200 (2023): -36.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 45.9 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Genès-Champespe): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Donat): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHASTREIX weather station, 13.4 km away at 1,385 m; the village itself is at 1,017 m. ^[11]

The village sits 368 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, 13.4 km away at 1,385 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 368 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 1,565 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-GENES-CHAMPE, 0.1 km away at 1,010 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 — 63346/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63346/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63346/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63346/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63144
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63346
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63336
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024