Sauvessanges

Identity

Sauvessanges (INSEE 63412) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 531 (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/63412-sauvessanges

Vitality score

Vitality score 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,610 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TARTI'RAVANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAUVESSANGES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAUVESSANGES). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE BANDIER). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 511 (2012) → 531 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 601 (1990) → 531 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 473, of which 33.6 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Viverols): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viverols): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Viverols): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Usson-en-Forez): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sauvessanges): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 145 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARSAC-EN-LIVRA weather station, 14.7 km away at 540 m; the village itself is at 906 m. ^[11]

The village sits 366 m above 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AMBERT, 17.2 km away at 555 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 351 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARSAC-EN-LIVRA, 14.7 km away at 540 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63412/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63412/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63412/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63412/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63465
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42318
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63412
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024