Saint-Nectaire

Puy-de-Dôme · CC du Massif du Sancy · INSEE 63380

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

Served 65.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nectaire (INSEE 63380) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Massif du Sancy. Population 822 (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/63380-saint-nectaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 15,498 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	0.64	25	16.1
Social	0.82	20	16.31
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.74	10	7.38
Housing mix	0.32	5	1.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (AU CEDRE DORE · AUX GOURMANDISES DE MANY). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MUSETTE · L'ECHOPPE ROMANE · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (MAISON DU FROMAGE). ^[4]

7 × Restaurant (LES BALADINS · LA GRANGE D'ALPHONSE · MAM'BILLIG · L'HERMITAGE · LE ROCHER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NADINE BERAUD-CAMBRESY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT NECTAIRE). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hotel (LE REGINA · HOTEL MERCURE SAINT NECTAIRE · HOTEL DE LA PAIX). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING LA CLE DES CHAMPS · CAMPING LE VIGINET · LA VALLEE VERTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AU CEDRE DORE · AUX GOURMANDISES DE MANY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	LA MUSETTE · L'ECHOPPE ROMANE · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	2	MAISON DU FROMAGE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	LES BALADINS · LA GRANGE D'ALPHONSE · MAM'BILLIG · L'HERMITAGE · LE ROCHER	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	NADINE BERAUD-CAMBRESY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT NECTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	3	LE REGINA · HOTEL MERCURE SAINT NECTAIRE · HOTEL DE LA PAIX	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING LA CLE DES CHAMPS · CAMPING LE VIGINET · LA VALLEE VERTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 783 2023: 822 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 726 (2012) → 822 (2023): 13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 664 (1990) → 822 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 721, of which 33.8 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.8 km S 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-Nectaire): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Nectaire): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Nectaire): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Nectaire): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Nectaire): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.4

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BESSE-ET-ST-ANA weather station, 10 km away at 1,050 m; the village itself is at 738 m. ^[9]

The village sits 312 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PLAUZAT_SAPC, 11.4 km away at 495 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 243 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,260 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHAMBON-SUR-LAC, 7.7 km away at 897 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63380/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63380/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63380/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63380/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63380
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
Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc	07	144 km SE	845	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Séverin	16	216 km W	784	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Terre-de-Bas	971	6,793 km W	873	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %
Lantosque	06	385 km SE	1,198	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn	12	172 km S	904	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Venaco	2B	620 km SE	644	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc	07	144 km SE	845	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn	12	172 km S	904	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Séverin	16	216 km W	784	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Lantosque	06	385 km SE	1,198	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Venaco	2B	620 km SE	644	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Terre-de-Bas	971	6,793 km W	873	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Nectaire'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
Thiézac	15	69 km S	590	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Salles-Curan	12	157 km S	1,043	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chaudes-Aigues	15	82 km S	813	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Auvillers-les-Forges	08	486 km N	909	61.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Tholy	88	398 km NE	1,489	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Harcourt	27	431 km N	1,062	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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