Saint-Ours

Identity

Saint-Ours (INSEE 63381) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Riom Limagne et Volcans. Population 1,708 (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/63381-saint-ours

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 10,670 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES BLES DE L'OURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE DES OURS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DU VOLCAN DE LEMPTEGY · LE LOUCHADIERE · ALPATI). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE BELLONNET, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE PERTHUS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-OURS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF & NOUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BEL'AIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,631 (2012) → 1,708 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,230 (1990) → 1,708 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 889, of which 8 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pontgibaud): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Ours): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Ours): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pontgibaud): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Ours): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FONTAINE-DU-BER_SAPC weather station, 9.3 km away at 971 m; the village itself is at 815 m. ^[10]

The village sits 156 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PUY-DE-DOME-CG, 10.2 km away at 1,415 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 600 m above 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 967 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONTGIBAUD, 3.5 km away at 730 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63381/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63381/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63381/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63381/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63285
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63381
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024