Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite (INSEE 63449) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC du Massif du Sancy. Population 327 (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/63449-le-vernet-sainte-marguerite
Vitality score
Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 17,995 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 | 0.71 | 10 | 7.07 |
| Housing mix | 0.63 | 5 | 3.14 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU PUY D'ALOU). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). [3]
1 × Library (PÔLE LECTURE PUBLIQUE MASSIF DU SANCY -VERNET-STE-MARGUERITE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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 | AUBERGE DU PUY D'ALOU | 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 ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME | 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 | PÔLE LECTURE PUBLIQUE MASSIF DU SANCY -VERNET-STE-MARGUERITE | 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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 302 (2012) → 327 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 271 (1990) → 327 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 18.6 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Nectaire): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Murol): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Murol): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Murol): 4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VERNINES weather station, 8.1 km away at 1,045 m; the village itself is at 1,023 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VERNINES, 8.1 km away at 1,045 m, over 20 summers. [11]
An average of 1,260 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHAMBON-SUR-LAC, 5.8 km away at 897 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 123,750 € — 1,395 € 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63449/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63449/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63449/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63449/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63380
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63247
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63449
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montsalès | 12 | 147 km SW | 319 | 34.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Beaumont-sur-Dême | 72 | 294 km NW | 326 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 39 % |
| Moissannes | 87 | 111 km W | 328 | 27.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Chaux | 71 | 224 km NE | 322 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 % |
| La Jaille-Yvon | 49 | 363 km NW | 343 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 % |
| Quézac | 15 | 113 km SW | 344 | 29.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moissannes | 87 | 111 km W | 328 | 27.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Quézac | 15 | 113 km SW | 344 | 29.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montsalès | 12 | 147 km SW | 319 | 34.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Chaux | 71 | 224 km NE | 322 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 % |
| Beaumont-sur-Dême | 72 | 294 km NW | 326 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 39 % |
| La Jaille-Yvon | 49 | 363 km NW | 343 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 % |
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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 Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perpezat | 63 | 16 km NW | 420 | 27.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachamp-Ribennes | 48 | 114 km S | 379 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Curan | 12 | 157 km S | 307 | 24.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-Puy-Lavèze | 63 | 22 km W | 360 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vazeilles-Limandre | 43 | 80 km SE | 268 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer | 21 | 206 km NE | 267 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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