Billezois

Allier · CC du Pays de Lapalisse · INSEE 03028

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

Few services 37.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Billezois (INSEE 03028) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays de Lapalisse. Population 363 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03028-billezois

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 18,039 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.52
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'AUBERGE DES MARRONNIERS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SNACK PIZ). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (POINT RELAIS DE BILLEZOIS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'AUBERGE DES MARRONNIERS	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	SNACK PIZ	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 PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	POINT RELAIS DE BILLEZOIS	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	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: 306 peak 2012: 395 2023: 363 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 395 (2012) → 363 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 345 (1990) → 363 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 196, of which 8.2 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.2 km WGP — 5.9 km NEPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Magnet): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Billezois): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lapalisse): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lapalisse): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Billezois): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.2

Days at or below 0 °C 72.6

Muggy days a summer 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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 11.4 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 308 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 14.2 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 59 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 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAPALISSE, 5.7 km away at 287 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 — 03028/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03028/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03028/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03028/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03138
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-Palais-de-Négrignac	17	312 km W	410	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts	42	23 km SE	340	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Priest-la-Roche	42	52 km SE	341	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 %
Aurouër	03	57 km N	400	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Quézac	15	195 km SW	344	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Petit-Auverné	44	401 km NW	434	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 58 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts	42	23 km SE	340	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Priest-la-Roche	42	52 km SE	341	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 %
Aurouër	03	57 km N	400	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Quézac	15	195 km SW	344	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac	17	312 km W	410	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Petit-Auverné	44	401 km NW	434	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 58 %

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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 Billezois'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-Santin-de-Maurs	15	203 km SW	366	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Marcenat	03	14 km W	386	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vailhourles	12	249 km SW	648	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Périgny	03	4.6 km N	484	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Avit	26	156 km SE	317	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lunel	12	200 km SW	387	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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