Coulanges

Allier · CC Le Grand Charolais · INSEE 03086

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

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulanges (INSEE 03086) is in Allier (03), part of CC Le Grand Charolais. Population 285 (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 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,723 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.41
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CALARCY SAS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE COULANGES SALLE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	CALARCY SAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	COULANGES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE COULANGES SALLE DE LA MAIRIE	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: 460 2023: 285 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 315 (2012) → 285 (2023): -9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 339 (1990) → 285 (2023): -15.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 193, of which 7.8 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km NEPharmacy — 6.2 km EGP — 11.0 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 (Coulanges): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Agnan): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Digoin): 11 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Molinet): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Coulanges): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.3

Days at or below 0 °C 52.7

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DIOU weather station, 13.3 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 226 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, 13.4 km away at 293 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 67 m above 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 825 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DIOU, 13.3 km away at 220 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 — 03086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71382
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03173
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
Saint-Amadou	09	411 km SW	283	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Lesmont	10	220 km N	298	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Alaigne	11	401 km S	327	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Houdelaincourt	55	259 km NE	281	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Esnouveaux	52	214 km NE	301	22	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Malviès	11	397 km S	361	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Esnouveaux	52	214 km NE	301	22	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Lesmont	10	220 km N	298	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Houdelaincourt	55	259 km NE	281	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Malviès	11	397 km S	361	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 14 %
Alaigne	11	401 km S	327	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Amadou	09	411 km SW	283	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Coulanges'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
Chichée	89	146 km N	297	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot	03	62 km SW	266	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
L'Étang-Vergy	21	109 km NE	200	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Dennevy	71	74 km NE	296	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Treteau	03	29 km SW	520	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Verneuil-sur-Indre	37	224 km W	466	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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