Billy

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03029

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

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Billy (INSEE 03029) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 817 (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/03029-billy

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 15,537 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.31	10	3.11
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

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 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BILLY AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	1	BILLY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	L'ATELIER COIFFURE	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: 1,084 2023: 817 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 838 (2012) → 817 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,007 (1990) → 817 (2023): -18.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 476, of which 4.6 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.3 km SGP — 3.4 km SBakery — 3.5 km S 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 (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Billy): 0.1 km to the south (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 1.3

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

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 0.2 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 269 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 8.2 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BILLY, 0.2 km away at 260 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 — 03029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03029
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
Létra	69	90 km E	901	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Clermont	40	447 km SW	736	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %
Billiat	01	182 km E	713	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Le Parcq	62	471 km N	740	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Lavaré	72	292 km NW	815	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Mimbaste	40	450 km SW	1,001	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Létra	69	90 km E	901	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Billiat	01	182 km E	713	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Lavaré	72	292 km NW	815	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont	40	447 km SW	736	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %
Mimbaste	40	450 km SW	1,001	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 0 %
Le Parcq	62	471 km N	740	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · 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 Billy'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
Izeron	38	194 km SE	809	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Geyssans	26	179 km SE	755	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bloye	74	200 km E	571	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Orbeil	63	76 km S	883	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pressins	38	188 km SE	1,194	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Marigny-Saint-Marcel	74	203 km E	708	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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