Cesset

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03049

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cesset (INSEE 03049) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 430 (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/03049-cesset

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,977 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.97	10	9.73
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CT.EVENTS). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	CT.EVENTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE BREUILLY	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 332 2023: 430 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 387 (2012) → 430 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 292 (1990) → 430 (2023): 47.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 9.5 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.8 km EPharmacy — 5.8 km EGP — 6.2 km EBakery — 6.3 km E 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-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cesset): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 62.2

Muggy days a summer 1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOUCHY-MONTFAND weather station, 2.6 km away at 281 m; the village itself is at 367 m. ^[10]

The village sits 86 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 3.4 km away at 286 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 81 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 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LOUCHY-MONTFAND, 2.6 km away at 281 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 — 03049/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03049/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03049/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03049/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03254
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03049
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
Aiglepierre	39	212 km E	412	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Parassy	18	115 km NW	415	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Apremont	01	189 km E	415	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent	63	84 km S	417	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Armendarits	64	480 km SW	398	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 21 %
Mons-en-Montois	77	243 km N	454	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Vincent	63	84 km S	417	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Parassy	18	115 km NW	415	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Apremont	01	189 km E	415	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Aiglepierre	39	212 km E	412	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mons-en-Montois	77	243 km N	454	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Armendarits	64	480 km SW	398	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Cesset'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
Aiglepierre	39	212 km E	412	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Parassy	18	115 km NW	415	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent	63	84 km S	417	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mons-en-Montois	77	243 km N	454	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Florent-le-Jeune	45	164 km N	442	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rott	67	464 km NE	462	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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