Vichel

Identity

Vichel (INSEE 63456) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 327 (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/63456-vichel

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 298 (2012) → 327 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 327 (2023): 53.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 3.6 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lempdes-sur-Allagnon): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 12.1 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 563 m. ^[10]

The village sits 191 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 12.1 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 191 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 619 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ISSOIRE, 12.1 km away at 372 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

17 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 132,100 € — 1,039 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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 — 63456/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63456/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63456/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63456/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43120
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63352
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025