Bézenet

Identity

Bézenet (INSEE 03027) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 910 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/03027-bezenet

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,915 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.

Services

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PEREIRA JOAO · AUX 4 PETITS GATIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ PASCAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SNC LE NIAGARA). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (AUROYER MARYLENE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 993 (2012) → 910 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 922 (1990) → 910 (2023): -1.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 585, of which 6.5 % second homes and 20.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bézenet): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bézenet): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Doyet): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montmarault): 8.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bézenet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MALICORNE weather station, 6 km away at 400 m; the village itself is at 313 m. ^[11]

The village sits 87 m below 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 8.5 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 151 m above 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 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MALICORNE, 6 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03027/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03027/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03027/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03027/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03027
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03104
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03186
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024