Sermentizon

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Thiers Dore et Montagne · INSEE 63418

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

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sermentizon (INSEE 63418) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 605 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,052 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.89	10	8.88
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 × Restaurant (LABEL POULETTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SERMENTIZON). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AVANT PREMIERE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	LABEL POULETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	SERMENTIZON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SERMENTIZON	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	1	AVANT PREMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 429 2023: 605 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 556 (2012) → 605 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 436 (1990) → 605 (2023): 38.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 11.4 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.8 km EFood shop — 3.0 km EPharmacy — 3.0 km EBakery — 3.1 km EGP — 3.1 km E 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 (Courpière): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courpière): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Courpière): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Courpière): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Courpière): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COURPIERE weather station, 5.6 km away at 455 m; the village itself is at 451 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 5.6 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at COURPIERE, 5.6 km away at 455 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63418/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63418/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63418/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63418/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63125
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
Montmiral	26	145 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Dun	09	333 km SW	657	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Troche	19	166 km W	534	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Antigny	86	221 km NW	550	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Laparade	47	284 km SW	395	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Cressat	23	116 km W	512	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cressat	23	116 km W	512	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Montmiral	26	145 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Troche	19	166 km W	534	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Antigny	86	221 km NW	550	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Laparade	47	284 km SW	395	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Dun	09	333 km SW	657	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Sermentizon'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
Montmiral	26	145 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saligny-sur-Roudon	03	81 km N	641	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Parnac	36	176 km NW	509	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rougnac	16	246 km W	395	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pouligny-Notre-Dame	36	141 km NW	639	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gourgé	79	302 km W	884	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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