Surat

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Riom Limagne et Volcans · INSEE 63424

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Surat (INSEE 63424) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Riom Limagne et Volcans. Population 611 (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/63424-surat

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 16,966 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

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 1 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 (O ROYAL POULET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SURAT). ^[3]

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

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. ^[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	O ROYAL POULET	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SURAT	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 326 2023: 611 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 552 (2012) → 611 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 403 (1990) → 611 (2023): 51.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 0.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km WBakery — 3.6 km NPharmacy — 4.9 km SGP — 5.0 km SW 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 (Thuret): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Martres-sur-Morge): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ennezat): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ennezat): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Surat): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.1

Days at or below 0 °C 68.5

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARINGUES weather station, 7.3 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 312 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MARINGUES, 7.3 km away at 300 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AUBIAT, 6.1 km away at 348 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63424/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63424/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63424/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63424/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63432
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63424
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
Morschwiller	67	459 km NE	611	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Iverny	77	342 km N	618	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Gentelles	80	438 km N	627	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Juvincourt-et-Damary	02	393 km N	604	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cescau	64	409 km SW	630	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 50 %
Boinville-le-Gaillard	78	303 km N	597	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boinville-le-Gaillard	78	303 km N	597	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Iverny	77	342 km N	618	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Juvincourt-et-Damary	02	393 km N	604	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cescau	64	409 km SW	630	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 50 %
Gentelles	80	438 km N	627	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Morschwiller	67	459 km NE	611	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Surat'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
Barges	21	198 km NE	652	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moussey	10	261 km N	656	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnil-Sellières	10	277 km N	568	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-le-Coq	63	5.3 km NE	578	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saulcet	03	43 km N	657	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ardenay-sur-Mérize	72	314 km NW	504	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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