Bourbon-l'Archambault

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03036

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

Served 66.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourbon-l'Archambault (INSEE 03036) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 2,494 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03036-bourbon-l-archambault

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 8,266 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	0.68	25	17.01
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.8	10	8.01
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.48
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES TRADITIONS DU BOURBONNAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ARCHAMB'BIO · SARL DISTRI MARKET). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LES BOURBONS · TOUT EN T · CHEZ JU). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LA CIVETTE · LE SALON). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ACHILLE ALLIER). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER POSE, MÉDECIN · PASCAL ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · PATRICK RACANO, MÉDECIN · CELINE NOREUX, MÉDECIN · MAYEUL MERCHIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE E ROSSEEL PAILLERET · PHARMACIE DES THERMES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BOURBON L'ARCHAMBAULT CENTRE CULTUREL). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CASINO). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS · COLLEGE ACHILLE ALLIER). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE · CAISSE LOCALE DE BOURBON L'ARCHAMBAULT · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL HAIR BY AURELIE · ERIKA ET LAETITIA · PASSION COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

5 × Hotel (RESIDENCE DES BAINS · GRAND HOTEL MONTESPAN TALLEYRAND · HOB MONTESPAN-TALLEYRAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL PARC JEAN BIGNON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES TRADITIONS DU BOURBONNAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	L'ARCHAMB'BIO · SARL DISTRI MARKET	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	CARREFOUR MARKET · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LES BOURBONS · TOUT EN T · CHEZ JU	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LA CIVETTE · LE SALON	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ACHILLE ALLIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	OLIVIER POSE, MÉDECIN · PASCAL ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · PATRICK RACANO, MÉDECIN · CELINE NOREUX, MÉDECIN · MAYEUL MERCHIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE E ROSSEEL PAILLERET · PHARMACIE DES THERMES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BOURBON L'ARCHAMBAULT CENTRE CULTUREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CASINO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE DES SPORTS · COLLEGE ACHILLE ALLIER	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE · CAISSE LOCALE DE BOURBON L'ARCHAMBAULT · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BNP PARIBAS	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	3	NOUVEL HAIR BY AURELIE · ERIKA ET LAETITIA · PASSION COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	5	RESIDENCE DES BAINS · GRAND HOTEL MONTESPAN TALLEYRAND · HOB MONTESPAN-TALLEYRAND	INSEE SIRENE 5 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL PARC JEAN BIGNON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,607 peak 1990: 2,630 2023: 2,494 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,561 (2012) → 2,494 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,630 (1990) → 2,494 (2023): -5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,633, of which 10 % second homes and 17.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.3

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BOURBON_SAPC weather station, 0.9 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 230 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LURCY-LEVIS SA, 17 km away at 225 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BOURBON_SAPC, 0.9 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03036
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
Bort-les-Orgues	19	139 km S	2,483	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Prayssac	46	274 km SW	2,519	69.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %
Bessèges	30	267 km S	2,606	63.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Samatan	32	382 km SW	2,517	78.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 43 %
Noyers-sur-Cher	41	148 km NW	2,631	62.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Bourganeuf	23	122 km SW	2,364	64	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourganeuf	23	122 km SW	2,364	64	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bort-les-Orgues	19	139 km S	2,483	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Noyers-sur-Cher	41	148 km NW	2,631	62.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Bessèges	30	267 km S	2,606	63.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Prayssac	46	274 km SW	2,519	69.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %
Samatan	32	382 km SW	2,517	78.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Bourbon-l'Archambault'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
Bort-les-Orgues	19	139 km S	2,483	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-du-Sault	89	162 km N	2,173	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Toucy	89	129 km N	2,571	63.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Laroque-d'Olmes	09	413 km S	2,454	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Seurre	21	165 km E	2,352	66	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Venarey-les-Laumes	21	150 km NE	2,747	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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