Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel

Identity

Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel (INSEE 63385) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans. Population 450 (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/63385-saint-pierre-le-chastel

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,963 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

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

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ AGATHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 385 (2012) → 450 (2023): 16.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 326 (1990) → 450 (2023): 38 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 22.8 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pontgibaud): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontgibaud): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pontgibaud): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pontgibaud): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mazaye): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GELLES weather station, 6.1 km away at 784 m; the village itself is at 716 m. ^[10]

The village sits 68 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PUY-DE-DOME-CG, 9.8 km away at 1,415 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 699 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, 3.8 km away at 730 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 135,850 € — 1,674 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63385/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63385/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63385/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63385/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63285
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63219
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025