Singles
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 3.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 0 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Singles (INSEE 63421) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 171 (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/63421-singles
Vitality score
Vitality score 3.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 0 % of the 15,020 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.3 | 10 | 2.99 |
| Housing mix | 0.02 | 5 | 0.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE MOULIN DE SERRE). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LE MOULIN DE SERRE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 166 (2012) → 171 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 214 (1990) → 171 (2023): -20.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 48.9 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tauves): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tauves): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Tauves): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Tauves): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Larodde): 3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the TAUVES weather station, 4.5 km away at 851 m; the village itself is at 739 m. [10]
The village sits 112 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 ST-SULPICE, 11.6 km away at 851 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 112 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 1,294 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TAUVES, 4.5 km away at 851 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 — 63421/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63421/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63421/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63421/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63426
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63190
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-Azif | 14 | 457 km NW | 163 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Croze | 23 | 42 km NW | 185 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auzers | 15 | 32 km S | 159 | 1.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arzenc-de-Randon | 48 | 131 km SE | 191 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 % |
| Darazac | 19 | 55 km SW | 154 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Salelles | 48 | 132 km SE | 167 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auzers | 15 | 32 km S | 159 | 1.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Croze | 23 | 42 km NW | 185 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Darazac | 19 | 55 km SW | 154 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arzenc-de-Randon | 48 | 131 km SE | 191 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Salelles | 48 | 132 km SE | 167 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Azif | 14 | 457 km NW | 163 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Singles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croze | 23 | 42 km NW | 185 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Bondons | 48 | 155 km SE | 139 | 4.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Reine | 73 | 280 km E | 177 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Genettes | 61 | 377 km NW | 160 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bures | 61 | 372 km NW | 166 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champeau-en-Morvan | 21 | 228 km NE | 223 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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