Coutansouze

Identity

Coutansouze (INSEE 03089) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 154 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03089-coutansouze

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 14,305 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MDG). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 131 (2012) → 154 (2023): 17.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 103 (1990) → 154 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 26.5 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Louroux-de-Bouble): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bellenaves): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Bellenaves): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bellenaves): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Louroux-de-Bouble): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ECHASSIERES_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 650 m; the village itself is at 481 m. ^[11]

The village sits 169 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ECHASSIERES_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 650 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 169 m above 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 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LALIZOLLE, 5.2 km away at 618 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 57,750 € — 736 € 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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03089/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2024-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5d85dfa6-d4eb-38ed-8009-0bdcaf7b51b9— “Marché de Producteurs de Coutansouze”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03089/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03089/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03089/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03152
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03022
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025