Bost

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03033

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bost (INSEE 03033) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 183 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 15,401 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	6.96
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BONNE FOURCHETTE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LA BONNE FOURCHETTE	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	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: 192 peak 2012: 196 2023: 183 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 196 (2012) → 183 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 153 (1990) → 183 (2023): 19.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 91, of which 5.5 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.2 km EFood shop — 3.4 km SWBakery — 3.8 km NGP — 6.8 km SWPharmacy — 6.9 km SW 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): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cusset): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cusset): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cusset): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.5

Days at or below 0 °C 46

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VICHY-VILLE weather station, 9.1 km away at 255 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 VICHY-CHARMEIL, 9.3 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VICHY-VILLE, 9.1 km away at 255 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 — 03033/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03033/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03033/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03033/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03230
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
Montberaud	31	385 km SW	192	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Agnet	40	413 km SW	179	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 7 %
Notre-Dame-du-Parc	76	435 km NW	180	23.3	Few services	no figures
Francarville	31	320 km SW	191	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Lados	33	344 km SW	180	27.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Péchaudier	81	318 km SW	183	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Péchaudier	81	318 km SW	183	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Francarville	31	320 km SW	191	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Lados	33	344 km SW	180	27.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Montberaud	31	385 km SW	192	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Agnet	40	413 km SW	179	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 7 %
Notre-Dame-du-Parc	76	435 km NW	180	23.3	Few services	no figures

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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 Bost'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
Castanet	81	271 km SW	210	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Souel	81	269 km SW	175	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chalon	38	137 km SE	176	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Murs-et-Gélignieux	01	176 km E	239	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Issepts	46	208 km SW	266	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Crespinet	81	265 km S	182	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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