Thiers
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Thiers (INSEE 63430) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 11,637 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 59.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 55 % of the 2,110 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 | 0.46 | 25 | 11.47 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.69 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.57 | 10 | 5.7 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.28 | 10 | 2.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.62 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ARTAULT · FLG · PATISSERIE MUSEUR · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · P TITE GOURMANDISE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GRAND FRAIS). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (REGUS · AUX CHAMPS). [3,4]
7 × Supermarket (STID · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · DISTHIERS). [3,4]
36 × Restaurant (PAT' A PAIN · LE SALTIMBAR · SOLUTION PROPRETE SAP · PICO). [3,4]
17 × Café / bar (BAR L'AZUR · LE BISTROT DE LYON · LE CHANTILLY · LE COIN DES HASARDS · LA CIVETTE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE FAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE TURELET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES GARNIERS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGE SAND · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LE MOUTIER). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE ANTOINE AUDEMBRON). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIHAELA-DENISA TIGANUS, MÉDECIN · BRUNO MARIOTTI, MÉDECIN · EUGENIA GLIGA, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE DUMAS, MÉDECIN · SONIA BARBU, MÉDECIN). [3]
5 × Pharmacy (GRANDE PHARMACIE DU CENTRE COMMERCIAL · PHARMACIE DES REMPARTS · PHARMACIE MUTUALISTE · PHARMACIE MARME DAUPHANT · PHARMACIE DU MOUTIER). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE MAURICE ADEVAH-PŒUF). [3]
1 × Cinema (LE MONACO). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE CHRISTIAN LEVADOUX · COMPLEXE SPORTIF F SAUZZEDE · GYMNASE JEAN MINCE). [3]
9 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL MASSIF CENTRAL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE THIERS · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · SG - THIERS GEOFFROY (0419.5)). [3]
19 × Hairdresser (EVOLUTIF · ATOUT COIFFURE · FM COIFFURE · FLASH COIFFURE). [3,4]
6 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
6 × Hotel (CAMPANILE · HOTEL CHEZ LA MERE DEPALLE · HOTEL L'HOSTELLERIE DE LA GARE · ETAP HOTEL · PAVILLON FANI). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 19 × Restaurant, 1 × Collège, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 9 | BOULANGERIE ARTAULT · FLG · PATISSERIE MUSEUR · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · P TITE GOURMANDISE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | GRAND FRAIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | REGUS · AUX CHAMPS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 7 | STID · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · DISTHIERS | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 36 | PAT' A PAIN · LE SALTIMBAR · SOLUTION PROPRETE SAP · PICO | INSEE BPE 36 / INSEE SIRENE 55 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 17 | BAR L'AZUR · LE BISTROT DE LYON · LE CHANTILLY · LE COIN DES HASARDS · LA CIVETTE | INSEE SIRENE 17 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 8 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE FAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE TURELET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES GARNIERS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGE SAND · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB LE MOUTIER | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE ANTOINE AUDEMBRON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | MIHAELA-DENISA TIGANUS, MÉDECIN · BRUNO MARIOTTI, MÉDECIN · EUGENIA GLIGA, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE DUMAS, MÉDECIN · SONIA BARBU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 5 | GRANDE PHARMACIE DU CENTRE COMMERCIAL · PHARMACIE DES REMPARTS · PHARMACIE MUTUALISTE · PHARMACIE MARME DAUPHANT · PHARMACIE DU MOUTIER | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHÈQUE MAURICE ADEVAH-PŒUF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LE MONACO | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | GYMNASE CHRISTIAN LEVADOUX · COMPLEXE SPORTIF F SAUZZEDE · GYMNASE JEAN MINCE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 9 | CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL MASSIF CENTRAL · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ECUREUIL · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE THIERS · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · SG - THIERS GEOFFROY (0419.5) | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 19 | EVOLUTIF · ATOUT COIFFURE · FM COIFFURE · FLASH COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 6 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 6 | CAMPANILE · HOTEL CHEZ LA MERE DEPALLE · HOTEL L'HOSTELLERIE DE LA GARE · ETAP HOTEL · PAVILLON FANI | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 11,217 (2012) → 11,637 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 14,832 (1990) → 11,637 (2023): -21.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 7,474, of which 3.8 % second homes and 20.8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Thiers): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Thiers): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Thiers): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Thiers): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Thiers): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CELLES-SUR-DURO weather station, 8 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 415 m. [10]
The village sits 243 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 11.5 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. [10]
An average of 1,201 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-REMY-SUR-DUR, 5.5 km away at 665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63430/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/c1a84b39-ad6d-34aa-83fc-66b416131c17— “Marché hebdomadaire de Thiers”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63430/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63430/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63430/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63430
- 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-Junien | 87 | 205 km W | 11,415 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon | 44 | 398 km NW | 11,600 | 64.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 65 % |
| Gravelines | 59 | 580 km N | 11,430 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Luc | 83 | 350 km SE | 11,310 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue | 12 | 205 km SW | 11,271 | 60.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pontchâteau | 44 | 465 km NW | 11,474 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Junien | 87 | 205 km W | 11,415 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue | 12 | 205 km SW | 11,271 | 60.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Luc | 83 | 350 km SE | 11,310 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon | 44 | 398 km NW | 11,600 | 64.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 65 % |
| Pontchâteau | 44 | 465 km NW | 11,474 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gravelines | 59 | 580 km N | 11,430 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · 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 Thiers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gien | 45 | 217 km N | 13,459 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Paray-le-Monial | 71 | 80 km NE | 9,291 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Joigny | 89 | 237 km N | 9,016 | 71.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay | 41 | 217 km NW | 18,373 | 67.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Digoin | 71 | 77 km NE | 7,353 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ugine | 73 | 223 km E | 7,154 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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