Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne

Puy-de-Dôme · CC du Pays de Saint-Eloy · INSEE 63354

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

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne (INSEE 63354) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Eloy. Population 1,192 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63354-saint-gervais-d-auvergne

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 13,248 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.34	10	3.4
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 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 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL LEPART JULIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (BOCAGES ET FROMAGES). ^[4]

2 × Restaurant (EURL BEK 1904 · ECHERNIER PERE ET FILLE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (HTAG · LE CENTRAL). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE BAPTISTE BASCOULERGUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK PEIGNEUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GUILHEN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BANQUE CHALUS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE FLAMBOYANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (CASTEL HOTEL 1904 · HOTEL LE RELAIS D'AUVERGNE). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	EURL LEPART JULIEN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	BOCAGES ET FROMAGES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	EURL BEK 1904 · ECHERNIER PERE ET FILLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	HTAG · LE CENTRAL	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE BAPTISTE BASCOULERGUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PATRICK PEIGNEUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GUILHEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BASE DE LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BANQUE CHALUS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LE FLAMBOYANT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	CASTEL HOTEL 1904 · HOTEL LE RELAIS D'AUVERGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	2	CAMPING	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Monday matin. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,980 2023: 1,192 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,324 (2012) → 1,192 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,419 (1990) → 1,192 (2023): -16 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 950, of which 17.6 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km W 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-Gervais-d'Auvergne): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 66.6

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-GERVAIS-D AU weather station, 1.4 km away at 705 m; the village itself is at 724 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 1.4 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 1.4 km away at 705 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 — 63354/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://mairie-saintgervaisauvergne.fr/marches-foire/— “Toute l'année, les lundis matin”
DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5b8da9bd-b489-3174-9d80-dfdd7506c51c— “Marché du lundi.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63354/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63354/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63354/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63354
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
La Redorte	11	309 km S	1,238	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 31 % · humidity 14 %
Barenton	50	397 km NW	1,161	48	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Privat	19	114 km SW	1,034	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Belle-Isle-en-Terre	22	546 km NW	1,024	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Pesmes	70	251 km NE	1,083	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pierre-Buffière	87	119 km W	1,139	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Privat	19	114 km SW	1,034	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pierre-Buffière	87	119 km W	1,139	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Pesmes	70	251 km NE	1,083	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Redorte	11	309 km S	1,238	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 31 % · humidity 14 %
Barenton	50	397 km NW	1,161	48	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 62 %
Belle-Isle-en-Terre	22	546 km NW	1,024	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · 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-Gervais-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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Privat	19	114 km SW	1,034	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Nouvion	80	472 km N	1,196	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Noirétable	42	77 km E	1,585	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis	60	400 km N	1,409	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Crécy-sur-Serre	02	412 km N	1,472	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Grendelbruch	67	436 km NE	1,195	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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