Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle (INSEE 63393) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 1,746 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/63393-saint-remy-sur-durolle
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 87 % of the 10,513 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.87 | 20 | 17.47 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PLATANE PERE ET FILLE). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA DUROLLETTE · JASIE). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (LE COCO BEACH · SARL DE SAN JOSE VICENTE · AUBERGE GAULOISE · LE PANORAMIQUE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROSA BONHEUR). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL FARNY, MÉDECIN · SÉBASTIEN BOTA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT REMY SUR DUROLLE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT REMY SUR DUROLLE LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ST-RÉMY-SUR-DUROLLE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU DES PRADES). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (CATHY COIFFURE · SEV CREA TIFS · CEL'QUI'COIFF). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE RELAIS DELYS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (BEL AIR VILLAGE SAINT REMY SUR DURO). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE PLATANE PERE ET FILLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | LA DUROLLETTE · JASIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 7 | LE COCO BEACH · SARL DE SAN JOSE VICENTE · AUBERGE GAULOISE · LE PANORAMIQUE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROSA BONHEUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | PASCAL FARNY, MÉDECIN · SÉBASTIEN BOTA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE SAINT REMY SUR DUROLLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT REMY SUR DUROLLE LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ST-RÉMY-SUR-DUROLLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | PLAN D EAU DES PRADES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | CATHY COIFFURE · SEV CREA TIFS · CEL'QUI'COIFF | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL LE RELAIS DELYS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | BEL AIR VILLAGE SAINT REMY SUR DURO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,831 (2012) → 1,746 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,033 (1990) → 1,746 (2023): -14.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,125, of which 12.4 % second homes and 15 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CELLES-SUR-DURO weather station, 6.5 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 684 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 15.1 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. [9]
That station sits 229 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 1,201 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ST-REMY-SUR-DUR, 0.5 km away at 665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
142 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 79,125 € — 868 € per m² of built surface. [10]
16 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 93,000 € — 625 € per m². [10]
The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63393/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63393/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63393/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63393/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63393
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceton | 61 | 338 km NW | 1,734 | 42.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 59 % |
| Laurens | 34 | 265 km S | 1,815 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 8 % · humidity 43 % |
| Villemeux-sur-Eure | 28 | 349 km NW | 1,780 | 55.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marcillac-Vallon | 12 | 181 km SW | 1,711 | 63 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Peillac | 56 | 487 km NW | 1,873 | 53.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poncin | 01 | 142 km E | 1,803 | 61.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poncin | 01 | 142 km E | 1,803 | 61.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcillac-Vallon | 12 | 181 km SW | 1,711 | 63 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Laurens | 34 | 265 km S | 1,815 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 8 % · humidity 43 % |
| Ceton | 61 | 338 km NW | 1,734 | 42.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 59 % |
| Villemeux-sur-Eure | 28 | 349 km NW | 1,780 | 55.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peillac | 56 | 487 km NW | 1,873 | 53.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · 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-Rémy-sur-Durolle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset | 69 | 70 km E | 2,017 | 62.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Murat | 15 | 103 km SW | 1,770 | 68.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vincey | 88 | 342 km NE | 2,053 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champlitte | 70 | 242 km NE | 1,585 | 52.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lantriac | 43 | 104 km S | 1,921 | 56 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Abreschviller | 57 | 404 km NE | 1,428 | 45.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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