Cressanges

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03092

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cressanges (INSEE 03092) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 644 (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 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 16,766 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.4	10	4.01
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (A LA MIE DU BONHEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LUCIEN PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CRESSANGES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	A LA MIE DU BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LUCIEN PIZZA	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	CRESSANGES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CRESSANGES	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 884 2023: 644 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 671 (2012) → 644 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 715 (1990) → 644 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 6.8 % second homes and 19.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.6 km SGP — 4.8 km NWPharmacy — 4.9 km NW 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 (Cressanges): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Treban): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Noyant-d'Allier): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Noyant-d'Allier): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cressanges): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 52

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUXIERES weather station, 12 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 426 m. ^[11]

The village sits 51 m above 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 FERTE-HAUTERIVE, 15.1 km away at 226 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 200 m below 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 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUXIERES, 12 km away at 375 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03092/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03092/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03092/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03092/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03287
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03202
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
Ségrie	72	306 km NW	592	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cossaye	58	42 km NE	652	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
La Goutelle	63	74 km SW	609	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Poisson	71	75 km E	551	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec	29	569 km NW	641	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Fontanes	46	270 km SW	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cossaye	58	42 km NE	652	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
La Goutelle	63	74 km SW	609	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Poisson	71	75 km E	551	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fontanes	46	270 km SW	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Ségrie	72	306 km NW	592	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec	29	569 km NW	641	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · 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 Cressanges'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
Ségrie	72	306 km NW	592	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Noth	23	123 km W	498	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blond	87	171 km W	674	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	361 km NW	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgon	53	372 km NW	616	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	128 km W	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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