Désertines

Allier · CA Montluçon Communauté · INSEE 03098

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Désertines (INSEE 03098) is in Allier (03), part of CA Montluçon Communauté. Population 4,259 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 4 % of the 5,370 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.36	10	3.58
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (AFFRAIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BIACHETTE · RESTAURANT CHEZ CECILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CAFE CREME). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PAUL ELUARD). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE E.GUILLAUMIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ELSA TRIOLET - LOUIS ARAGON). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARIE CURIE). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAUL BLANCHARD, MÉDECIN · MICHELE BARDELLI, MÉDECIN · ANNE GAUDOT-BONS, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE KELLNER-DUCEAU, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE KALMAR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DULAC · SELARL PHARMACIE CENTRALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LÉO FERRÉ). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE CHAMPLIN · COLLEGE MARIE CURIE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (O 51 COIFFURE · FLORENCE COIFFURE · REGINE COIFFURE · BL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AFFRAIX	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	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA BIACHETTE · RESTAURANT CHEZ CECILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CAFE CREME	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PAUL ELUARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE E.GUILLAUMIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ELSA TRIOLET - LOUIS ARAGON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MARIE CURIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	PAUL BLANCHARD, MÉDECIN · MICHELE BARDELLI, MÉDECIN · ANNE GAUDOT-BONS, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE KELLNER-DUCEAU, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE KALMAR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	2	SELARL PHARMACIE DULAC · SELARL PHARMACIE CENTRALE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LÉO FERRÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	STADE CHAMPLIN · COLLEGE MARIE CURIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	O 51 COIFFURE · FLORENCE COIFFURE · REGINE COIFFURE · BL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 4,697 peak 1990: 4,961 2023: 4,259 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,232 (2012) → 4,259 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,961 (1990) → 4,259 (2023): -14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,510, of which 1.5 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km SW 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 (Montluçon): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Désertines): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Désertines): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Désertines): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Désertines): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.1

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTLUCON weather station, 2 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 237 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 2 km away at 207 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 635 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUCON, 2 km away at 207 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03098/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03098/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03098/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03098/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03098
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
Mimet	13	398 km SE	4,241	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Crespin	59	458 km N	4,532	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-d'Oé	37	190 km NW	4,515	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Mandeure	25	341 km E	4,612	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bosroumois	27	350 km N	3,872	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 89 %
Aix-Noulette	62	453 km N	3,902	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Notre-Dame-d'Oé	37	190 km NW	4,515	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Mandeure	25	341 km E	4,612	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bosroumois	27	350 km N	3,872	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 89 %
Mimet	13	398 km SE	4,241	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aix-Noulette	62	453 km N	3,902	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
Crespin	59	458 km N	4,532	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · 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 Désertines'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
Mimet	13	398 km SE	4,241	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ussac	19	155 km SW	4,322	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Ruy-Montceau	38	225 km E	4,805	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Garchizy	58	85 km NE	3,648	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maur	36	90 km NW	3,537	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Avermes	03	59 km NE	4,074	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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