Escurolles

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03109

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

Partly served 48.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Escurolles (INSEE 03109) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 804 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 48.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 15,622 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.7	10	7.04
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGE A YOYO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA PETITE EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MÉLANIE CHAMBARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESCUROLLES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (FOURNIER CHRISTIANE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGE A YOYO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA PETITE EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MÉLANIE CHAMBARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ESCUROLLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESCUROLLES	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	1	FOURNIER CHRISTIANE	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

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

Trajectory

1968: 623 2023: 804 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 747 (2012) → 804 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 668 (1990) → 804 (2023): 20.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 400, of which 2.3 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.6 km SEPharmacy — 5.0 km N 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 (Escurolles): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Escurolles): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Broût-Vernet): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Escurolles): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BROUT-VERNET weather station, 4.8 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 300 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 10.7 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 51 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 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BROUT-VERNET, 4.8 km away at 313 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 — 03109/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/32027542-dd2a-3ed8-8721-a01922c2a86f— “Marché”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03109/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03109/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03109/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03043
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
Blandy	77	272 km N	763	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière	09	379 km S	679	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Villecomtal-sur-Arros	32	389 km SW	831	61.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %
Voué	10	265 km N	689	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnay-l'Évêque	28	260 km NW	739	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sennely	45	191 km NW	677	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sennely	45	191 km NW	677	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnay-l'Évêque	28	260 km NW	739	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Voué	10	265 km N	689	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Blandy	77	272 km N	763	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière	09	379 km S	679	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Villecomtal-sur-Arros	32	389 km SW	831	61.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %

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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 Escurolles'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
Voué	10	265 km N	689	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sennely	45	191 km NW	677	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sigloy	45	204 km N	654	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Selommes	41	238 km NW	785	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pontigny	89	199 km N	752	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bruère-Allichamps	18	94 km NW	567	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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