Estivareilles

Allier · CC du Val de Cher · INSEE 03111

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

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Estivareilles (INSEE 03111) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Val de Cher. Population 1,119 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03111-estivareilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 13,667 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.51	10	5.14
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ JULIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PANIER SYMPA). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SARL LE LION D'OR · LE RETRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (IULIAN-GABRIEL STANCU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'ESTIVAREILLES). ^[3]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (ESPACE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE · INTUI TIF · DECOST'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE DU LION D'OR). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ JULIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PANIER SYMPA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SARL LE LION D'OR · LE RETRO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	IULIAN-GABRIEL STANCU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D'ESTIVAREILLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ESTIVAREILLES LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ESTIVAREILLES	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	3	ESPACE COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE · INTUI TIF · DECOST'HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOSTELLERIE DU LION D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 863 peak 2012: 1,127 2023: 1,119 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,127 (2012) → 1,119 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,104 (1990) → 1,119 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 590, of which 2.9 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 1.5 km W 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 (Estivareilles): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Estivareilles): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Estivareilles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Estivareilles): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vaux): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLUCON weather station, 6.9 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 6.9 km away at 207 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 635 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUCON, 6.9 km away at 207 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03111/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.estivareilles03.fr/tourisme/— “le marché du dimanche”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03111/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03111/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03111/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03301
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
Gaillefontaine	76	367 km N	1,108	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Nomeny	54	385 km NE	1,142	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Sainville	28	228 km N	1,046	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Andance	07	214 km SE	1,192	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Coudes	63	101 km SE	1,225	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier-Fontaine	25	330 km E	1,232	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coudes	63	101 km SE	1,225	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Andance	07	214 km SE	1,192	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Sainville	28	228 km N	1,046	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier-Fontaine	25	330 km E	1,232	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillefontaine	76	367 km N	1,108	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Nomeny	54	385 km NE	1,142	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · 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 Estivareilles'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
Coudes	63	101 km SE	1,225	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Bridoire	73	261 km E	1,202	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villefagnan	16	201 km W	972	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-sur-Allier	03	55 km NE	1,024	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villefranche-d'Albigeois	81	282 km S	1,224	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Salornay-sur-Guye	71	152 km E	864	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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