Vernines

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Dômes Sancy Artense · INSEE 63451

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

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vernines (INSEE 63451) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Dômes Sancy Artense. Population 430 (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/63451-vernines

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,977 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.82	10	8.19
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.23

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]

2 × Restaurant (LES DELICES D'ALICE ET D'ALEXANDRIN). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES DOMES). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VERNINES). ^[4]

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LES DELICES D'ALICE ET D'ALEXANDRIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES DOMES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VERNINES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 394 2023: 430 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 381 (2012) → 430 (2023): 12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 326 (1990) → 430 (2023): 31.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 265, of which 17.7 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.3 km WBakery — 5.3 km EGP — 5.5 km NPharmacy — 6.0 km W 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 (Aydat): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orcival): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nébouzat): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rochefort-Montagne): 6 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vernines): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 82.8

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the VERNINES weather station, 0.8 km away at 1,045 m; the village itself is at 1,019 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VERNINES, 0.8 km away at 1,045 m, over 20 summers. ^[13]

An average of 946 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at VERNINES, 0.8 km away at 1,045 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63451/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63451/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63451/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63451/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63264
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63305
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63451
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
Préfontaines	45	272 km N	428	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses	01	213 km E	422	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne	38	241 km E	423	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %
Jarjayes	05	285 km SE	465	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille	73	228 km E	472	32	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Motz	73	232 km E	482	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses	01	213 km E	422	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille	73	228 km E	472	32	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Motz	73	232 km E	482	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne	38	241 km E	423	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %
Préfontaines	45	272 km N	428	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Jarjayes	05	285 km SE	465	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 92 % · 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 Vernines'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
Labrousse	15	95 km S	478	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pulvérières	63	24 km N	419	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bolandoz	25	290 km NE	383	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Leschaux	74	252 km E	328	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Houldizy	08	479 km N	394	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Perpezat	63	8.3 km W	420	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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