Bizeneuille

Identity

Bizeneuille (INSEE 03031) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 296 (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/03031-bizeneuille

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,802 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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 285 (2012) → 296 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 292 (1990) → 296 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 13 % second homes and 19.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Haut-Bocage): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Haut-Bocage): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Haut-Bocage): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Estivareilles): 9.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bizeneuille): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TORTEZAIS_SAPC weather station, 10.4 km away at 256 m; the village itself is at 298 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 11.8 km away at 207 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 91 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 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COSNE D'ALLIER, 10 km away at 245 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 53,250 € — 668 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Allier is 924 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 03031/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03031/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03031/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03031/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03158
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03111
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03031
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025