Étroussat

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03112

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

Few services 37/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Étroussat (INSEE 03112) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 649 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03112-etroussat

Vitality score

Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,756 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.5	10	5.03
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PAYS DE LA TARTIFLETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ETROUSSAT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE ANNEXE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LE PAYS DE LA TARTIFLETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	ETROUSSAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ETROUSSAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE ANNEXE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		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

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

Trajectory

1968: 705 2023: 649 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 691 (2012) → 649 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 647 (1990) → 649 (2023): 0.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 7.4 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SGP — 5.2 km NWPharmacy — 5.3 km SEFood shop — 5.4 km SE 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 (Saint-Germain-de-Salles): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Broût-Vernet): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chantelle): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Broût-Vernet): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Étroussat): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BROUT-VERNET weather station, 5.1 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 294 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 6.2 km away at 286 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BROUT-VERNET, 5.1 km away at 313 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03112/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03112/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03112/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03112/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03237
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03112
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
Fongrave	47	292 km SW	629	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Thoury-Férottes	77	231 km N	649	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Chamelet	69	103 km E	706	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Campagnan	34	299 km S	714	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %
Travaillan	84	262 km SE	708	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Luthenay-Uxeloup	58	70 km N	606	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luthenay-Uxeloup	58	70 km N	606	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chamelet	69	103 km E	706	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Thoury-Férottes	77	231 km N	649	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Travaillan	84	262 km SE	708	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Fongrave	47	292 km SW	629	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Campagnan	34	299 km S	714	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Étroussat'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
Luthenay-Uxeloup	58	70 km N	606	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mesland	41	215 km NW	539	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Guilly	45	190 km N	659	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ormoy	89	194 km N	638	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lobsann	67	462 km NE	663	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Artonne	63	25 km S	912	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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