Chevagnes

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03074

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

Served 60.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chevagnes (INSEE 03074) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 630 (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 60.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 16,846 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.81	10	8.07
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.36	10	3.64
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (AVIGNON DURAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SARL LE GOUT DES CHOSES · EURL DU CHEVAL BLANC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES ARCADES). ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT AUDET, MÉDECIN · CECILE NAIGEON, MÉDECIN · TIPHAINE GUICHENEY, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE BOOG, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE HANIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHEVAGNES AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MATHILDE ET SES CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AVIGNON DURAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	SARL LE GOUT DES CHOSES · EURL DU CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES ARCADES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	VINCENT AUDET, MÉDECIN · CECILE NAIGEON, MÉDECIN · TIPHAINE GUICHENEY, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE BOOG, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE HANIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHEVAGNES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE CHEVAGNES	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	1	MATHILDE ET SES CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 785 2023: 630 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 683 (2012) → 630 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 729 (1990) → 630 (2023): -13.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 373, of which 4.3 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 11.5 km NW 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 (Chevagnes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chevagnes): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chevagnes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lucenay-lès-Aix): 11.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chevagnes): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTBEUGNY weather station, 12.8 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 224 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTBEUGNY, 12.8 km away at 275 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHEVAGNES, 0.4 km away at 228 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03074/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03074/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03074/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03074/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58146
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
Vauvillers	70	241 km NE	602	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Cuq-Toulza	81	363 km S	702	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Sancergues	18	78 km NW	620	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Costaros	43	192 km S	553	70.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Moulins-la-Marche	61	323 km NW	710	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gensac	33	336 km SW	687	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sancergues	18	78 km NW	620	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Costaros	43	192 km S	553	70.9	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Vauvillers	70	241 km NE	602	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Moulins-la-Marche	61	323 km NW	710	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gensac	33	336 km SW	687	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Cuq-Toulza	81	363 km S	702	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Chevagnes'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
Fontaine-les-Grès	10	204 km N	914	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Verrières	86	228 km W	921	65.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	247 km W	729	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Doyet	03	65 km SW	1,109	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fours	58	26 km NE	582	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Août	36	122 km W	811	70.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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