Servant

Identity

Servant (INSEE 63419) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Eloy. Population 558 (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/63419-servant

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,427 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]

2 × Restaurant (LES PECHEURS · MON REVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PRADE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 524 (2012) → 558 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 508 (1990) → 558 (2023): 9.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 453, of which 30.5 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Menat): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Échassières): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Éloy-les-Mines): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Menat): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Servant): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 111 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MENAT weather station, 4 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 604 m. ^[12]

The village sits 194 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-GERVAIS-D AU, 15.2 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 101 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MENAT, 4 km away at 410 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63419/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63419/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63419/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63419/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63223
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03108
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63338
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63419
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024