Abrest

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03001

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

Partly served 59.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Abrest (INSEE 03001) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 2,915 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03001-abrest

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 7,294 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.65	10	6.46
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE D ABREST). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE RABOUTEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE D'ABREST). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LA PROMENADE · LA CASCADE · L'ENTREPOTES · SQUADRETTA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE BLACK HOUSE · DESBRE). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANAIS BERTHOLON-DELORME, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER REYNAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ABREST). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER 37 · L'ALCOVE · ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA CROIX SAINT MARTIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE D ABREST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE RABOUTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SUPERETTE D'ABREST	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	5	LA PROMENADE · LA CASCADE · L'ENTREPOTES · SQUADRETTA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE BLACK HOUSE · DESBRE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	2	ANAIS BERTHOLON-DELORME, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER REYNAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ABREST	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	3	L'ATELIER 37 · L'ALCOVE · ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA CROIX SAINT MARTIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,026 peak 2017: 2,931 2023: 2,915 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,794 (2012) → 2,915 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,544 (1990) → 2,915 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,511, of which 1.7 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.5 km EPharmacy — 1.7 km NE 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 (Abrest): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Abrest): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Abrest): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Vernet): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Abrest): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.5

Days at or below 0 °C 46

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VICHY-VILLE weather station, 2.2 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 286 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 8.4 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VICHY-VILLE, 2.2 km away at 255 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 — 03001/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03001/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03001/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03001/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03306
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
Saint-Baldoph	73	204 km E	2,949	51.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Chasselay	69	106 km E	2,973	69.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Colombier-Saugnieu	69	136 km E	2,874	66.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Burbure	62	499 km N	2,834	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lecelles	59	487 km N	3,046	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chavanod	74	203 km E	3,135	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chasselay	69	106 km E	2,973	69.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Colombier-Saugnieu	69	136 km E	2,874	66.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chavanod	74	203 km E	3,135	50.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Baldoph	73	204 km E	2,949	51.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Lecelles	59	487 km N	3,046	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Burbure	62	499 km N	2,834	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · 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 Abrest'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
Colombier-Saugnieu	69	136 km E	2,874	66.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas	38	143 km E	3,417	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Genilac	42	108 km SE	3,839	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Toussieu	69	129 km E	3,177	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-la-Plaine	42	108 km SE	3,764	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nivolas-Vermelle	38	156 km E	2,706	62.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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