Couleuvre
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Couleuvre (INSEE 03087) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays de Tronçais. Population 580 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 38 % 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 | 0.21 | 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 | 0.31 | 10 | 3.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.31 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICE ET ART). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (COULEUVRE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COULEUVRE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE FONT SAINT JULIEN). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L'EPICE ET ART | 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 | 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 PRIMAIRE | 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 | COULEUVRE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COULEUVRE | 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 | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE FONT SAINT JULIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 578 (2012) → 580 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 716 (1990) → 580 (2023): -19 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 433, of which 16.9 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lurcy-Lévis): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Couleuvre): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Lurcy-Lévis): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lurcy-Lévis): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Couleuvre): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LURCY-LEVIS SA weather station, 5.8 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 260 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LURCY-LEVIS SA, 5.8 km away at 225 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at COULEUVRE, 4.3 km away at 308 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
58 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 62,500 € — 695 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Allier is 924 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03087/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/eca6ec1c-e9b3-30f7-b5c7-b3b042f53feb— “Marché hebdomadaire tous les mercredis.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03087/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03087/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03087/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03155
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03087
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trémouilles | 12 | 271 km S | 473 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 76 % |
| Les Coteaux Périgourdins | 24 | 212 km SW | 554 | 36.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chantrigné | 53 | 325 km NW | 599 | 34.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bersac-sur-Rivalier | 87 | 132 km SW | 610 | 21.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 % |
| Pouligny-Notre-Dame | 36 | 72 km W | 639 | 36.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze | 01 | 168 km E | 762 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouligny-Notre-Dame | 36 | 72 km W | 639 | 36.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bersac-sur-Rivalier | 87 | 132 km SW | 610 | 21.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 % |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze | 01 | 168 km E | 762 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 % |
| Les Coteaux Périgourdins | 24 | 212 km SW | 554 | 36.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Trémouilles | 12 | 271 km S | 473 | 26.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 76 % |
| Chantrigné | 53 | 325 km NW | 599 | 34.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Couleuvre'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grury | 71 | 77 km E | 490 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac | 87 | 160 km W | 452 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arfeuilles | 03 | 85 km SE | 594 | 29.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arquian | 58 | 97 km N | 540 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montipouret | 36 | 77 km W | 616 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest | 03 | 53 km S | 383 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
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