Cognat-Lyonne

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03080

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cognat-Lyonne (INSEE 03080) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 706 (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 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 16,360 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.77	10	7.7
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ TUPONE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COGNAT-LYONNE SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BEAUTY NEWS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHEZ TUPONE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	COGNAT LYONNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COGNAT-LYONNE SALLE POLYVALENTE	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	BEAUTY NEWS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 488 2023: 706 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 689 (2012) → 706 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 556 (1990) → 706 (2023): 27 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 358, of which 5.3 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km EBakery — 4.9 km NWGP — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 7.3 km E 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 (Escurolles): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cognat-Lyonne): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Escurolles): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bellerive-sur-Allier): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cognat-Lyonne): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHARMES_SAPC weather station, 7.4 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 354 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 9.7 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 105 m below 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 676 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHARMES_SAPC, 7.4 km away at 330 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 — 03080/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03080/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03080/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03080/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03080
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03023
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
Beaupont	01	154 km E	734	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Germignac	17	289 km W	653	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Marcilly-le-Hayer	10	250 km N	706	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bengy-sur-Craon	18	108 km NW	628	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne	33	331 km W	705	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
La Bussière	45	187 km N	761	41.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bengy-sur-Craon	18	108 km NW	628	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Beaupont	01	154 km E	734	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
La Bussière	45	187 km N	761	41.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Marcilly-le-Hayer	10	250 km N	706	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Germignac	17	289 km W	653	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne	33	331 km W	705	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Cognat-Lyonne'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
Bengy-sur-Craon	18	108 km NW	628	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villecerf	77	250 km N	724	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sanxay	86	258 km W	548	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Davayé	71	113 km E	666	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard	42	74 km SE	1,033	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Montvicq	03	44 km NW	692	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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