Vollore-Montagne

Puy-de-Dôme · CC Thiers Dore et Montagne · INSEE 63468

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vollore-Montagne (INSEE 63468) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Thiers Dore et Montagne. Population 312 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,939 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.29	10	2.86
Housing mix	0.26	5	1.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MOUSSIERE SOLANGE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU TRINQUART · HOTEL DES TOURISTES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VOLLORE-MONTAGNE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DES TOURISTES). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MOUSSIERE SOLANGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	AUBERGE DU TRINQUART · HOTEL DES TOURISTES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	VOLLORE MONTAGNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VOLLORE-MONTAGNE	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	1	HOTEL DES TOURISTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 623 2023: 312 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 305 (2012) → 312 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 397 (1990) → 312 (2023): -21.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 296, of which 36.8 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km SEGP — 5.3 km WPharmacy — 8.4 km SW 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 (Vollore-Montagne): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vollore-Montagne): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vollore-Ville): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Augerolles): 8.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vollore-Montagne): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 105.8▸

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CELLES-SUR-DURO weather station, 7 km away at 658 m; the village itself is at 861 m. ^[11]

The village sits 203 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COURPIERE, 8.6 km away at 455 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 406 m below 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 1,286 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA RENAUDIE, 5.6 km away at 805 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63468/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63468/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63468/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63468/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63468
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63469
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63016
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
Concorès	46	218 km SW	312	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 14 % · humidity 71 %
Flayat	23	100 km W	296	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Lamothe-Fénelon	46	206 km SW	330	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 %
Touffailles	82	266 km SW	330	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Saillant	63	41 km SE	315	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Lassouts	12	158 km SW	318	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saillant	63	41 km SE	315	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Flayat	23	100 km W	296	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Lassouts	12	158 km SW	318	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lamothe-Fénelon	46	206 km SW	330	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 %
Concorès	46	218 km SW	312	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 14 % · humidity 71 %
Touffailles	82	266 km SW	330	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Vollore-Montagne'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
Fournols	63	31 km S	313	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Paulhac	15	105 km SW	431	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Liézey	88	350 km NE	304	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gentioux-Pigerolles	23	130 km W	398	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Tarnac	19	135 km W	333	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chomelix	43	60 km S	457	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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