Saint-Genès-du-Retz

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Plaine Limagne · INSEE 63347

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Genès-du-Retz (INSEE 63347) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Plaine Limagne. Population 471 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/63347-saint-genes-du-retz

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,897 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.32
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU BON ENDROIT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	AU BON ENDROIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 392 peak 2012: 498 2023: 471 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 498 (2012) → 471 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 416 (1990) → 471 (2023): 13.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 6.5 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km NWBakery — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 3.1 km NGP — 3.2 km N 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 (Gannat): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gannat): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gannat): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gannat): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Genès-du-Retz): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.6

Days at or below 0 °C 72

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARINGUES weather station, 19 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 351 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 m above 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 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARINGUES, 19 km away at 300 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 51 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUBIAT, 10.1 km away at 348 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63347/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63347/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63347/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63347/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63347
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
Lancé	41	244 km NW	471	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Vignes	64	402 km SW	463	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Vincelles	71	169 km NE	467	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Maisnières	80	455 km N	472	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Cigogné	37	219 km NW	460	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Fougueyrolles	24	271 km SW	462	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vincelles	71	169 km NE	467	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Cigogné	37	219 km NW	460	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Lancé	41	244 km NW	471	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Fougueyrolles	24	271 km SW	462	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Vignes	64	402 km SW	463	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 21 %
Maisnières	80	455 km N	472	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · 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-Genès-du-Retz'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
Blanzac	43	117 km SE	464	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Versailleux	01	147 km E	497	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bizots	71	118 km NE	471	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vauchassis	10	246 km N	502	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chassy	89	199 km N	472	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bibost	69	107 km E	538	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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