Chazemais

Allier · CC du Pays d'Huriel · INSEE 03072

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

Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chazemais (INSEE 03072) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 504 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03072-chazemais

Vitality score

Vitality score 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 17,756 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	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.76	10	7.57
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 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)	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 CHAZEMAIS	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 494 peak 2012: 512 2023: 504 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 512 (2012) → 504 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 401 (1990) → 504 (2023): 25.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 9.3 % second homes and 16.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km NFood shop — 5.2 km SWGP — 7.1 km SPharmacy — 7.1 km S 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-Vitte): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courçais): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chapelaude): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Chapelaude): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chazemais): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.2

Days at or below 0 °C 52.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTLUCON weather station, 14.2 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 280 m. ^[12]

The village sits 73 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 14.2 km away at 207 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 635 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUCON, 14.2 km away at 207 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 — 03072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18238
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03072
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
Sérénac	81	281 km S	504	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Orègue	64	448 km SW	531	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Trémons	47	263 km SW	409	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Montipouret	36	51 km W	616	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pérignac	16	221 km SW	495	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Castella	47	281 km SW	370	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montipouret	36	51 km W	616	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pérignac	16	221 km SW	495	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Trémons	47	263 km SW	409	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Sérénac	81	281 km S	504	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Castella	47	281 km SW	370	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Orègue	64	448 km SW	531	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Chazemais'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
Sérénac	81	281 km S	504	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montipouret	36	51 km W	616	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Trézioux	63	112 km SE	502	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Grury	71	108 km E	490	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Pérouille	36	81 km W	427	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lorlanges	43	140 km SE	425	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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