Deux-Chaises

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03099

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Deux-Chaises (INSEE 03099) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 377 (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 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 18,049 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.36	10	3.61
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (LES FERMIERS GOURMANDS · LE RELAIS DES DEUX CHAISES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE DEUX-CHAISES). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE DEUX CHAISES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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	2	LES FERMIERS GOURMANDS · LE RELAIS DES DEUX CHAISES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	DEUX CHAISES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE DEUX-CHAISES	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE DEUX CHAISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 664 2023: 377 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 408 (2012) → 377 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 438 (1990) → 377 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 265, of which 12.8 % second homes and 17.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.3 km NEBakery — 3.4 km NEPharmacy — 3.4 km NEGP — 5.1 km NE 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 (Le Montet): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Montet): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tronget): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Montet): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Deux-Chaises): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55.5

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUXIERES weather station, 8.2 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 476 m. ^[11]

The village sits 101 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 MONTMARAULT, 9.7 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[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, 8.2 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 — 03099/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03099/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03099/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03099/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03183
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03292
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03099
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
Solférino	40	397 km SW	374	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre	03	48 km E	371	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Poilley	35	398 km NW	394	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
La Capelle-Bleys	12	242 km S	366	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lannédern	29	564 km NW	321	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Bétête	23	73 km W	389	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre	03	48 km E	371	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bétête	23	73 km W	389	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Capelle-Bleys	12	242 km S	366	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Solférino	40	397 km SW	374	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Poilley	35	398 km NW	394	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Lannédern	29	564 km NW	321	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · 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 Deux-Chaises'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
Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine	23	123 km SW	330	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Désiré	03	48 km W	424	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thury	89	135 km N	418	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille	87	133 km W	361	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac	87	162 km W	452	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Montboucher	23	115 km SW	372	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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