Châtillon

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03069

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châtillon (INSEE 03069) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 317 (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/03069-chatillon

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,936 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.24
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS LE CHEMIN DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA SQUADRA). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE CHÂTILLON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	SAS LE CHEMIN DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LA SQUADRA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	1	MAIRIE DE CHÂTILLON	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 368 peak 1975: 374 2023: 317 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 317 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 282 (1990) → 317 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 7.7 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 1.0 km NWPharmacy — 1.1 km NWFood shop — 7.3 km SW 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 (Châtillon): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tronget): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Noyant-d'Allier): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Noyant-d'Allier): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Châtillon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 43

Muggy days a summer 2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUXIERES weather station, 9.9 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 298 m. ^[11]

The village sits 77 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NEUVY, 14.6 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUXIERES, 9.9 km away at 375 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 — 03069/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03069/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03069/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03069/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03292
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03202
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
Masléon	87	144 km SW	291	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Hattencourt	80	367 km N	302	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Galapian	47	322 km SW	333	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Carlipa	11	361 km S	332	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Soulvache	44	379 km NW	338	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
La Tour-de-Sçay	25	256 km NE	315	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 35 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Masléon	87	144 km SW	291	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
La Tour-de-Sçay	25	256 km NE	315	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 35 %
Galapian	47	322 km SW	333	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Carlipa	11	361 km S	332	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Hattencourt	80	367 km N	302	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Soulvache	44	379 km NW	338	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %

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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 Châtillon'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
Vescheim	57	401 km NE	305	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais	86	251 km W	354	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Radonvilliers	10	234 km NE	320	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Maigné	72	291 km NW	326	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Colombier	70	268 km NE	434	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Soudron	51	275 km N	300	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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