Busset

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03045

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

Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Busset (INSEE 03045) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 850 (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/03045-busset

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 15,313 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.65
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL BUGALSKI MARTIN). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE J. ROUCHON). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BUSSET AP). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SARL BUGALSKI MARTIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE J. ROUCHON	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BUSSET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 914 2023: 850 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 853 (2012) → 850 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 881 (1990) → 850 (2023): -3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 516, of which 8.9 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km NWBakery — 4.0 km WGP — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 4.1 km W 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-Yorre): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Busset): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Yorre): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Yorre): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Busset): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.3

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VICHY-VILLE weather station, 8.7 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 495 m. ^[10]

The village sits 240 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 14.8 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 246 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VICHY-VILLE, 8.7 km away at 255 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 — 03045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03264
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03045
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
Chavignon	02	380 km N	859	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Amailloux	79	304 km W	822	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Pointis-Inard	31	394 km SW	919	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
La Geneytouse	87	161 km W	986	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ussy	14	430 km NW	869	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire	45	187 km N	962	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Geneytouse	87	161 km W	986	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire	45	187 km N	962	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Amailloux	79	304 km W	822	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Chavignon	02	380 km N	859	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pointis-Inard	31	394 km SW	919	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Ussy	14	430 km NW	869	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Busset'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
Létra	69	79 km E	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Brion	36	169 km NW	582	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Avezé	72	323 km NW	690	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Montvicq	03	61 km NW	692	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent	23	120 km W	670	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Longwy-sur-le-Doubs	39	174 km NE	496	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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