Chambérat

Allier · CC du Pays d'Huriel · INSEE 03051

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

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chambérat (INSEE 03051) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 277 (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 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,645 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.33	10	3.34
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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”.

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EDOUARD MAS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	EDOUARD MAS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 474 2023: 277 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 317 (2012) → 277 (2023): -12.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 332 (1990) → 277 (2023): -16.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 1.5 % second homes and 33.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.8 km NWFood shop — 5.0 km SWBakery — 7.0 km SEPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Huriel): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sauvier): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chambérat): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Chapelaude): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 56.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARCHIGNAT weather station, 6.7 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 403 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNAT, 6.7 km away at 374 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNAT, 6.7 km away at 374 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03051/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03051/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03051/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03051/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03055
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
Uglas	65	396 km SW	274	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Viviers-lès-Lavaur	81	314 km S	268	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Lacaugne	31	360 km S	252	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Bragayrac	31	343 km S	311	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Arblade-le-Haut	32	356 km SW	308	21	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Martigny-sur-l'Ante	14	341 km NW	316	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Viviers-lès-Lavaur	81	314 km S	268	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Martigny-sur-l'Ante	14	341 km NW	316	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Bragayrac	31	343 km S	311	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Arblade-le-Haut	32	356 km SW	308	21	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Lacaugne	31	360 km S	252	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Uglas	65	396 km SW	274	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Chambérat'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
Petit-Fayt	59	423 km N	286	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viel-Saint-Remy	08	389 km NE	302	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mary	71	161 km E	281	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Blandainville	28	227 km N	283	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Courboin	02	298 km N	304	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Charleville	51	283 km N	262	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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