Courçais

Allier · CC du Pays d'Huriel · INSEE 03088

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courçais (INSEE 03088) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 314 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,926 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	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.1
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'AUTREMENT CHARCUTERIE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	1	L'AUTREMENT CHARCUTERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 474 2023: 314 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 341 (2012) → 314 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 311 (1990) → 314 (2023): 1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 7.5 % second homes and 23.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km NFood shop — 3.9 km SEGP — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 7.7 km SE 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 (Saint-Désiré): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courçais): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chambérat): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Chapelaude): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Courçais): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 56.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARCHIGNAT weather station, 12.5 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 329 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNAT, 12.5 km away at 374 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNAT, 12.5 km away at 374 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 — 03088/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03088/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03088/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03088/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03055
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
Maylis	40	394 km SW	294	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 62 %
Nouhant	23	21 km S	313	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Castandet	40	368 km SW	425	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Salavre	01	223 km E	306	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bouteville	16	221 km SW	313	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 64 % · humidity 7 %
Lachaise	16	232 km SW	318	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nouhant	23	21 km S	313	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Bouteville	16	221 km SW	313	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 64 % · humidity 7 %
Salavre	01	223 km E	306	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lachaise	16	232 km SW	318	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Castandet	40	368 km SW	425	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Maylis	40	394 km SW	294	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 62 %

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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 Courçais'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
Viel-Saint-Remy	08	383 km NE	302	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-les-Genêts	89	149 km N	312	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Archignat	03	11 km S	321	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Aubinges	18	84 km N	401	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Carlat	15	176 km S	393	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Billancelles	28	242 km N	310	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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