Viscomtat

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Thiers Dore et Montagne · INSEE 63463

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viscomtat (INSEE 63463) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 501 (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/63463-viscomtat

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,755 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.16	10	1.59
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TETE DE L ART). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE LA PLANCHE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	TETE DE L ART	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	VISCOMTAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VISCOMTAT	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DE LA PLANCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,022 2023: 501 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 575 (2012) → 501 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 760 (1990) → 501 (2023): -34.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 392, of which 21.4 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.5 km NWBakery — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 5.6 km NW 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 (Celles-sur-Durolle): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viscomtat): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Celles-sur-Durolle): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Celles-sur-Durolle): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Viscomtat): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 86.4

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CELLES-SUR-DURO weather station, 2.9 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 692 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 11.6 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 237 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 1,240 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CELLES-SUR-DURO, 2.9 km away at 658 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63463/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63463/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63463/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63463/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63066
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63463
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
Chalvignac	15	129 km SW	450	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan	42	24 km SE	430	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères	69	79 km NE	368	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Goutrens	12	185 km SW	492	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Charnizay	37	239 km NW	461	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	235 km NW	482	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan	42	24 km SE	430	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères	69	79 km NE	368	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Chalvignac	15	129 km SW	450	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Goutrens	12	185 km SW	492	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	235 km NW	482	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Charnizay	37	239 km NW	461	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Viscomtat'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
Bord-Saint-Georges	23	117 km NW	368	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-du-Pinet	43	80 km S	481	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Attignat-Oncin	73	167 km E	574	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Millay	58	116 km N	440	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pionnat	23	133 km W	721	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Parsac	23	125 km W	825	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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