Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Dômes Sancy Artense · INSEE 63397

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne (INSEE 63397) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 1,127 (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 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 13,629 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.94
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LUTEA · LE MONTAGNARD · LE BAR A PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA GARE · LE THIKI'S ). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABIENNE KUZAR-LEGRELE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SAUVES-D'AUVERGNE AU FIL DES PAGES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE FAMILIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT BAR PRESSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE LAVAUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LUTEA · LE MONTAGNARD · LE BAR A PIZZA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA GARE · LE THIKI'S	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FABIENNE KUZAR-LEGRELE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT- SAUVES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SAUVES-D'AUVERGNE AU FIL DES PAGES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	LE FAMILIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT BAR PRESSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DE LAVAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,311 2023: 1,127 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,123 (2012) → 1,127 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,030 (1990) → 1,127 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 858, of which 17.6 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.2 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-Sauves-d'Auvergne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tauves): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 62.7

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAQUEUILLE-INRAE weather station, 5.4 km away at 1,095 m; the village itself is at 853 m. ^[10]

The village sits 242 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 LAQUEUILLE-INRAE, 5.4 km away at 1,095 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 242 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 1,135 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAQUEUILLE-INRAE, 5.4 km away at 1,095 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63397/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63397/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63397/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63397/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63397
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63426
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
Poule-les-Écharmeaux	69	150 km NE	1,023	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Razès	87	115 km NW	1,150	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %
Tournon-Saint-Martin	36	183 km NW	1,112	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Morée	41	278 km NW	1,077	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
La Celle-Saint-Avant	37	224 km NW	1,079	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Riotord	43	140 km E	1,195	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Razès	87	115 km NW	1,150	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %
Riotord	43	140 km E	1,195	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Poule-les-Écharmeaux	69	150 km NE	1,023	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Tournon-Saint-Martin	36	183 km NW	1,112	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-Saint-Avant	37	224 km NW	1,079	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Morée	41	278 km NW	1,077	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %

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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-Sauves-d'Auvergne'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
Bourg-Lastic	63	11 km NW	874	58.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Condat	15	30 km S	933	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lapoutroie	68	443 km NE	1,881	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Tholy	88	413 km NE	1,489	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sornac	19	39 km W	776	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rocroi	08	499 km N	2,270	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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