Gennetines

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03121

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gennetines (INSEE 03121) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 615 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 16,957 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.1
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE GENNETINES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE GENNETINES	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: 477 peak 2012: 686 2023: 615 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 686 (2012) → 615 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 615 (2023): 11 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 308, of which 3.2 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.5 km NBakery — 7.8 km EPharmacy — 8.0 km SWGP — 8.5 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 (La Chapelle-aux-Chasses): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Ennemond): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lusigny): 8.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Avermes): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Gennetines): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 59

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the YZEURE weather station, 7.7 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 242 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MONTBEUGNY, 11.2 km away at 275 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at YZEURE, 7.7 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03057
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03121
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
Sainte-Foy	76	390 km NW	622	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Alembon	62	475 km N	624	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blangy-Tronville	80	368 km N	613	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Gilocourt	60	298 km N	626	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martinien	03	79 km SW	597	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vaize	17	324 km W	620	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martinien	03	79 km SW	597	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gilocourt	60	298 km N	626	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vaize	17	324 km W	620	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Blangy-Tronville	80	368 km N	613	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Foy	76	390 km NW	622	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Alembon	62	475 km N	624	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Gennetines'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-Maurice-en-Rivière	71	125 km E	532	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pont	03	54 km S	689	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Franxault	21	149 km E	504	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-sur-Loire	58	30 km N	475	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bény	01	148 km E	777	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lemps	07	200 km SE	798	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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