Saulzet-le-Froid

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Dômes Sancy Artense · INSEE 63407

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 19.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulzet-le-Froid (INSEE 63407) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 284 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/63407-saulzet-le-froid

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,708 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.46
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT BALADOU). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU LAC DU GUERY). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PETIT BALADOU	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	AUBERGE DU LAC DU GUERY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 307 2023: 284 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 264 (2012) → 284 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 228 (1990) → 284 (2023): 24.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 25.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 3.0 km NEPrimary school — 4.3 km SEFood shop — 4.8 km NEGP — 4.9 km NEPharmacy — 4.9 km NE 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 (Aydat): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aydat): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aydat): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aydat): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 82.8

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 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VERNINES weather station, 3.8 km away at 1,045 m; the village itself is at 1,041 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VERNINES, 3.8 km away at 1,045 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 946 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERNINES, 3.8 km away at 1,045 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 — 63407/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63407/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63407/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63407/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63449
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
La Chapelle-aux-Choux	72	302 km NW	283	16.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Vijon	36	107 km NW	300	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 58 %
Bitry	58	206 km N	308	16.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-les-Portes	38	226 km E	285	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Mérillac	22	497 km NW	249	15.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Castéra-Lectourois	32	260 km SW	329	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 30 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vijon	36	107 km NW	300	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 58 %
Bitry	58	206 km N	308	16.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-les-Portes	38	226 km E	285	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Castéra-Lectourois	32	260 km SW	329	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 30 % · humidity 21 %
La Chapelle-aux-Choux	72	302 km NW	283	16.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Mérillac	22	497 km NW	249	15.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Saulzet-le-Froid'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
Condom-d'Aubrac	12	116 km S	285	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Prondines	63	23 km NW	272	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Fage-Saint-Julien	48	96 km S	303	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer	21	204 km NE	267	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnant-près-Crocq	23	48 km NW	193	7.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Curières	12	110 km S	215	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63407-saulzet-le-froid