Créchy

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03091

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Créchy (INSEE 03091) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 428 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03091-crechy

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,940 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.39	10	3.9
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DU SAUVAGE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (CLARA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	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	1	DOMAINE DU SAUVAGE	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 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	CRECHY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CLARA	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: 440 peak 2012: 486 2023: 428 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 486 (2012) → 428 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 481 (1990) → 428 (2023): -11 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 3.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km SBakery — 5.9 km NGP — 5.9 km NPharmacy — 6.0 km S 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 (Varennes-sur-Allier): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Billy): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varennes-sur-Allier): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Créchy): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.2

Days at or below 0 °C 72.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 2.8 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 243 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 10.6 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BILLY, 2.8 km away at 260 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 — 03091/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03091/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03091/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03091/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03298
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03091
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
La Jard	17	317 km W	426	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Romain-le-Noble	47	312 km SW	412	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Abancourt	59	442 km N	441	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 68 %
Garein	40	403 km SW	424	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Heilly	80	416 km N	438	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac	33	321 km SW	445	29	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Romain-le-Noble	47	312 km SW	412	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
La Jard	17	317 km W	426	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac	33	321 km SW	445	29	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Garein	40	403 km SW	424	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 36 %
Heilly	80	416 km N	438	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Abancourt	59	442 km N	441	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 68 %

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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 Créchy'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
Souvans	39	182 km NE	520	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Châtenois	39	190 km NE	411	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Vieille-Loye	39	190 km NE	405	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Amange	39	192 km NE	428	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Hugon	18	81 km NW	387	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Biarne	39	184 km NE	433	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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