Chassenard
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chassenard (INSEE 03063) is in Allier (03), part of CC Le Grand Charolais. Population 1,023 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 14,148 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.06 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE CHASSENARD). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [4]
1 × Library (MAIRIE DE CHASSENARD). [4]
1 × Hairdresser. [4,3]
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. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | AUBERGE DE CHASSENARD | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 1 | MAIRIE DE CHASSENARD | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| 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
Population 966 (2012) → 1,023 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,017 (1990) → 1,023 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 497, of which 2 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Digoin): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Molinet): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Digoin): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Molinet): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Chassenard): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SAINT DIDIER_SAPC weather station, 12.7 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 239 m. [11]
The village sits 54 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, 12.7 km away at 293 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, 12.7 km away at 293 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 — 03063/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03063/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03063/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03063/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71176
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03173
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03063
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claix | 16 | 320 km W | 1,049 | 25.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Louisfert | 44 | 432 km W | 945 | 32.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 % |
| Landujan | 35 | 493 km NW | 941 | 33.9 | Few services | no figures |
| Roquesérière | 31 | 352 km SW | 942 | 34.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 % |
| Saint-Malo-de-Phily | 35 | 464 km W | 1,081 | 27.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Servaville-Salmonville | 76 | 393 km NW | 1,111 | 28 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claix | 16 | 320 km W | 1,049 | 25.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roquesérière | 31 | 352 km SW | 942 | 34.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 % |
| Servaville-Salmonville | 76 | 393 km NW | 1,111 | 28 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Louisfert | 44 | 432 km W | 945 | 32.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 % |
| Saint-Malo-de-Phily | 35 | 464 km W | 1,081 | 27.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Landujan | 35 | 493 km NW | 941 | 33.9 | 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 Chassenard'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schœnenbourg | 67 | 406 km NE | 720 | 29.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Éloise | 74 | 150 km E | 931 | 25.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Biozat | 03 | 68 km SW | 933 | 24.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fatines | 72 | 327 km NW | 929 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Genis-l'Argentière | 69 | 90 km SE | 986 | 37.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brécy | 18 | 129 km NW | 927 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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