Saint-Martin-des-Plains

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire · INSEE 63375

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-des-Plains (INSEE 63375) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 178 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 15,268 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GOUT-LU). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (GODART JEAN-PASCAL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	GOUT-LU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	GODART JEAN-PASCAL	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 162 2023: 178 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 143 (2012) → 178 (2023): 24.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 115 (1990) → 178 (2023): 54.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 94, of which 2.1 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 2.2 km SEPrimary school — 2.4 km SEPharmacy — 5.3 km SGP — 7.1 km SW 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-Martin-des-Plains): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamontgie): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Auzat-la-Combelle): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lamontgie): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.1

Days at or below 0 °C 66.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 6.6 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 414 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 6.6 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 619 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ISSOIRE, 6.6 km away at 372 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63375/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63375/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63375/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63375/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63375
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63352
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63022
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
Janvry	51	420 km N	155	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Viéville-en-Haye	54	431 km NE	141	26.6	Few services	no figures
Lavazan	33	296 km SW	228	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Bailleulval	62	529 km N	237	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie	17	312 km W	209	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Bazailles	54	473 km N	151	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lavazan	33	296 km SW	228	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie	17	312 km W	209	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Janvry	51	420 km N	155	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Viéville-en-Haye	54	431 km NE	141	26.6	Few services	no figures
Bazailles	54	473 km N	151	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bailleulval	62	529 km N	237	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Martin-des-Plains'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
Angirey	70	288 km NE	152	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Lombard	25	263 km NE	195	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Quillain	70	292 km NE	142	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Vantoux-et-Longevelle	70	290 km NE	176	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Lavans-Quingey	25	265 km NE	188	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vregille	70	283 km NE	178	13.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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