Saint-Just

Identity

Saint-Just (INSEE 63371) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 144 (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/63371-saint-just

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 13,781 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (CC AMBERT LIVRADOIS FOREZ). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 173 (2012) → 144 (2023): -16.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 172 (1990) → 144 (2023): -16.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 53.3 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chaumont-le-Bourg): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marsac-en-Livradois): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marsac-en-Livradois): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Arlanc): 7.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Just): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 139 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARSAC-EN-LIVRA weather station, 4.7 km away at 540 m; the village itself is at 839 m. ^[12]

The village sits 299 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AMBERT, 6.5 km away at 555 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 284 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MARSAC-EN-LIVRA, 4.7 km away at 540 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63371/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63371/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63371/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63371/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63105
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63211
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63010
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63371
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024