Avermes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Avermes (INSEE 03013) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 4,074 (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 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03013-avermes
Vitality score
Vitality score 50.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 5,544 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.52 |
| Social | 0.72 | 20 | 14.46 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · SAS LA VESDINOISE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX FINS PALAIS). [3]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BAMY BOUTIQUE · MANGEONS FRAIS). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · AVERMES DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (BAR LE BERCY · LE FLORIAN · BURGER KING · BKM · BISTRO COCOTTE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC PRESSE - LE JEAN BART · LA CAB'ALLELA). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE FRANCOIS REVERET · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MOULIN). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS REVERET). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SELARL DOMENECH-BONET). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES PORTES DE L'ALLIER · PHARMACIE GRAND KOPKA). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (AVERMES AP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AVERMES ESPACE CULTUREL LA PASSERELLE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (FRANCK PROVOST · STYLE COIFFURE · COIFF&CO · THE BARBER COMPAGNY · COIFFURE PRE BERCY). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
3 × Hotel (HÔTEL CAMPANILE MOULINS AVERMES · HÔTEL ET RÉSIDENCE AVERMES · BRIT HÔTEL ESSENTIEL MOULINS AVERMES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · SAS LA VESDINOISE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | AUX FINS PALAIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | BAMY BOUTIQUE · MANGEONS FRAIS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · AVERMES DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | BAR LE BERCY · LE FLORIAN · BURGER KING · BKM · BISTRO COCOTTE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BAR TABAC PRESSE - LE JEAN BART · LA CAB'ALLELA | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE FRANCOIS REVERET · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MOULIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS REVERET | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | SELARL DOMENECH-BONET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DES PORTES DE L'ALLIER · PHARMACIE GRAND KOPKA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | AVERMES AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AVERMES ESPACE CULTUREL LA PASSERELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | FRANCK PROVOST · STYLE COIFFURE · COIFF&CO · THE BARBER COMPAGNY · COIFFURE PRE BERCY | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 3 | HÔTEL CAMPANILE MOULINS AVERMES · HÔTEL ET RÉSIDENCE AVERMES · BRIT HÔTEL ESSENTIEL MOULINS AVERMES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 9H à 13H sous la halle dans le parc de la mairie. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,818 (2012) → 4,074 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,892 (1990) → 4,074 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,111, of which 1.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Avermes): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Avermes): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Avermes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Avermes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Avermes): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the YZEURE weather station, 3.5 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 219 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NEUVY, 4.6 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. [10]
An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at YZEURE, 3.5 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03013/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.avermes.fr/au-quotidien/marche-hebdomadaire-et-a-themes.html— “Rendez-vous au marché hebdomadaire d'Avermes le samedi matin de 9H à 13H sous la halle dans le parc de la mairie”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03013/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03013/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03013/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03013
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Destrousse | 13 | 400 km SE | 4,133 | 60.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condrieu | 69 | 168 km SE | 3,957 | 62.9 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 % |
| Gondecourt | 59 | 440 km N | 4,148 | 40.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mozac | 63 | 79 km S | 3,957 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mézières-sur-Seine | 78 | 287 km NW | 3,923 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montarnaud | 34 | 328 km S | 4,208 | 48.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozac | 63 | 79 km S | 3,957 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condrieu | 69 | 168 km SE | 3,957 | 62.9 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 % |
| Mézières-sur-Seine | 78 | 287 km NW | 3,923 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montarnaud | 34 | 328 km S | 4,208 | 48.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Destrousse | 13 | 400 km SE | 4,133 | 60.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gondecourt | 59 | 440 km N | 4,148 | 40.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Avermes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozac | 63 | 79 km S | 3,957 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 21 | 148 km NE | 5,433 | 52.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Poinçonnet | 36 | 123 km W | 5,855 | 51.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 01 | 165 km SE | 3,849 | 47.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest | 69 | 148 km SE | 4,660 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal | 71 | 117 km E | 6,267 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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