Valcivières

Identity

Valcivières (INSEE 63441) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 227 (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/63441-valcivieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 16,726 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

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PERLINPINPAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ARNOLD SEGAERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALCIVIÈRES). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 211 (2012) → 227 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 222 (1990) → 227 (2023): 2.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 369, of which 66.7 % second homes and 1.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Valcivières): 1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Forie): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambert): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ambert): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Forie): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-ANTHEME weather station, 7.3 km away at 1,263 m; the village itself is at 884 m. ^[11]

The village sits 379 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-ANTHEME, 7.3 km away at 1,263 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 379 m above 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 1,202 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALCIVIERES, 0.1 km away at 855 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63441/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63441/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63441/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63441/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63441
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63161
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63003
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024