Barberier

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03016

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 15.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barberier (INSEE 03016) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 150 (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 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 14,109 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.89
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 170 2023: 150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 131 (2012) → 150 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 108 (1990) → 150 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 82, of which 8.5 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.1 km WGP — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.8 km SEBakery — 3.9 km SEFood shop — 3.9 km SE 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 (Broût-Vernet): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Broût-Vernet): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Broût-Vernet): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Broût-Vernet): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Étroussat): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BROUT-VERNET weather station, 3.8 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 272 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 286 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BROUT-VERNET, 3.8 km away at 313 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 — 03016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03112
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
Préchac	32	342 km SW	150	12.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Brice	61	392 km NW	150	7.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Sabaillan	32	363 km SW	153	12	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Labarthe	32	371 km SW	148	10.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Guêprei	61	380 km NW	153	13.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Erblon	53	378 km NW	153	12.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Préchac	32	342 km SW	150	12.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Sabaillan	32	363 km SW	153	12	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Labarthe	32	371 km SW	148	10.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Erblon	53	378 km NW	153	12.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Guêprei	61	380 km NW	153	13.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brice	61	392 km NW	150	7.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · 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 Barberier'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
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Puiseaux	45	192 km N	151	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Leyrat	23	75 km W	143	7.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chezelle	03	9.4 km W	158	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Serez	27	333 km NW	166	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Roziers-Saint-Georges	87	141 km W	158	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Gajoubert	87	186 km W	148	9.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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