Chemilly

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03073

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chemilly (INSEE 03073) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 580 (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/03073-chemilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,296 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.45	10	4.54
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

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

2 × Restaurant (SEMET JEAN PAUL · PLAISIR DES SENS). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHEMILLY AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (AGENCE POSTALE DE CHEMILLY). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	SEMET JEAN PAUL · PLAISIR DES SENS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	CHEMILLY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	AGENCE POSTALE DE CHEMILLY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 427 peak 2017: 639 2023: 580 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 626 (2012) → 580 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 608 (1990) → 580 (2023): -4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 302, of which 3.3 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.4 km SWFood shop — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.5 km SWBakery — 4.6 km NE 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 (Toulon-sur-Allier): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Besson): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Besson): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Besson): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chemilly): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 57.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHEMILLY weather station, 0.1 km away at 236 m; the village itself is at 236 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NEUVY, 7.2 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHEMILLY, 0.1 km away at 236 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 — 03073/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03073/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03073/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03073/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03073
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
Ossey-les-Trois-Maisons	10	219 km N	581	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vic-le-Fesq	30	297 km S	592	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Aurons	13	346 km SE	555	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lantenne-Vertière	25	205 km NE	562	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trouhans	21	166 km NE	621	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Roches-lès-Blamont	25	287 km E	612	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trouhans	21	166 km NE	621	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lantenne-Vertière	25	205 km NE	562	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ossey-les-Trois-Maisons	10	219 km N	581	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Roches-lès-Blamont	25	287 km E	612	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Vic-le-Fesq	30	297 km S	592	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Aurons	13	346 km SE	555	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Chemilly'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
Ossey-les-Trois-Maisons	10	219 km N	581	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lantenne-Vertière	25	205 km NE	562	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trouhans	21	166 km NE	621	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Courmemin	41	168 km NW	502	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villabon	18	83 km NW	559	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sevelinges	42	87 km SE	646	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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