Usson

Identity

Usson (INSEE 63439) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 286 (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/63439-usson

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,713 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

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

1 × Restaurant (COOQ AND ROLL KURTOS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 267 (2012) → 286 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 188 (1990) → 286 (2023): 52.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 182, of which 19.8 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sauxillanges): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sauxillanges): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sauxillanges): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-en-Val): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 92 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAUXILLANGES weather station, 3.6 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 570 m. ^[11]

The village sits 110 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 5.9 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 198 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUXILLANGES, 3.6 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 228,700 € — 1,543 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63439/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63439/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63439/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63439/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63392
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63415
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63366
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025