Franchesse

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03117

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

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Franchesse (INSEE 03117) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 449 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03117-franchesse

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,934 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.44
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (CHEZ MANON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FRANCHESSE ANCIEN PRESBYTÈRE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ MANON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	FRANCHESSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FRANCHESSE ANCIEN PRESBYTÈRE	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	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: 675 2023: 449 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 456 (2012) → 449 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 532 (1990) → 449 (2023): -15.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 296, of which 14.9 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.9 km SGP — 6.0 km SPharmacy — 6.0 km S 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 (Franchesse): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Franchesse): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BOURBON_SAPC weather station, 6.5 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 305 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LURCY-LEVIS SA, 11.2 km away at 225 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOURBON_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03117/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03117/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03117/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03117/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03036
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
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	71	121 km E	378	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre	56	417 km W	469	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montchevrier	36	100 km W	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Soudan	79	242 km W	424	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Dussac	24	204 km SW	427	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent	16	217 km SW	489	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montchevrier	36	100 km W	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	71	121 km E	378	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Dussac	24	204 km SW	427	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent	16	217 km SW	489	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Soudan	79	242 km W	424	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre	56	417 km W	469	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · 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 Franchesse'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
Montchevrier	36	100 km W	446	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil	87	161 km W	418	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-Magnazeix	87	142 km W	484	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bouesse	36	103 km W	381	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Gizeux	37	231 km W	382	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Parlan	15	212 km S	475	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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