Biozat

Identity

Biozat (INSEE 03030) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 933 (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/03030-biozat

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 14,747 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE BIOZAT). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 758 (2012) → 933 (2023): 23.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 716 (1990) → 933 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 439, of which 2.7 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Gannat): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Effiat): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gannat): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gannat): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Biozat): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHARMES_SAPC weather station, 3.3 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 362 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 14 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 113 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 676 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHARMES_SAPC, 3.3 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

56 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 133,810 € — 1,132 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Allier is 924 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03030/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03030/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03030/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03030/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03118
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63143
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03030
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025