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Solignat

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire · INSEE 63422

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

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Solignat (INSEE 63422) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 510 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/63422-solignat

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,754 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.72107.23
Housing mix0.9654.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (ACCROBURGER). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1ACCROBURGERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 319 2023: 510 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 474 (2012) → 510 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 417 (1990) → 510 (2023): 22.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 248, of which 2 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.0 km NE (Perrier)Food shop — 4.5 km NW (Les Deux-Rives)GP — 4.5 km NE (Perrier)Pharmacy — 5.9 km NE (Issoire)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km NEFood shop — 4.5 km NWGP — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 5.9 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 (Perrier): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Les Deux-Rives): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Perrier): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Issoire): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Solignat): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 7.4 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 628 m. [12]

The village sits 256 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 ISSOIRE, 7.4 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. [12]

That station sits 256 m below 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 651 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MEILHAUD, 3.3 km away at 448 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 — 63422/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63422/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63422/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63422/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63275
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63109
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63178
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63422
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ecquedecques62564 km N51129.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Fournival60444 km N51927.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Rezonville-Vionville57451 km NE51729.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Campugnan33295 km W51628.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 18 % · humidity 36 %
Lamillarié81202 km SW51732.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Ponsas26136 km E52328.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ponsas26136 km E52328.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Lamillarié81202 km SW51732.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Campugnan33295 km W51628.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 18 % · humidity 36 %
Fournival60444 km N51927.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Rezonville-Vionville57451 km NE51729.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Ecquedecques62564 km N51129.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · 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 Solignat'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Florimont90372 km NE47329.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bibost69111 km E53834.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Blanzac4369 km SE46431.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Burcin38177 km E43026.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rang25335 km NE38924.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Écot25346 km NE51033Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %