Villossanges

Identity

Villossanges (INSEE 63460) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans. Population 359 (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/63460-villossanges

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,035 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA GERBE D OR). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLOSANGES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE RELAIS DE VILLOSSANGES RÉSEAU DE LECTURE CHAVANON COMBRAILLES ET VOLCANS). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 342 (2012) → 359 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 444 (1990) → 359 (2023): -19.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 249, of which 21.3 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villossanges): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontaumur): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montel-de-Gelat): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pontaumur): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villossanges): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-GERVAIS-D AU weather station, 17.9 km away at 705 m; the village itself is at 641 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 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-GERVAIS-D AU, 17.9 km away at 705 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 64 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 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTEL-DE-GELAT, 5.1 km away at 690 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 — 63460/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63460/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63460/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63460/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63460
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63283
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63237
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024