Gipcy

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03122

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

Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gipcy (INSEE 03122) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 235 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 16,924 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.36	10	3.61
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALEXANDRINE NOEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE GIPCY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	ALEXANDRINE NOEL, 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	GIPCY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE GIPCY	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: 382 2023: 235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 229 (2012) → 235 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 273 (1990) → 235 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 158, of which 12 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP Food shop — 2.6 km WPrimary school — 2.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.0 km SEBakery — 7.1 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 (Châtillon): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gipcy): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Noyant-d'Allier): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BUXIERES weather station, 6.6 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 386 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at NEUVY, 18.5 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 129 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BUXIERES, 6.6 km away at 375 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 — 03122/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03122/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03122/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03122/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03238
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03122
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03202
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
Mauléon-d'Armagnac	32	383 km SW	265	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Monétay-sur-Loire	03	59 km E	250	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Montapas	58	77 km NE	269	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mortroux	23	88 km W	277	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-la-Vallée	24	247 km SW	237	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Lizières	23	118 km W	234	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monétay-sur-Loire	03	59 km E	250	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Montapas	58	77 km NE	269	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mortroux	23	88 km W	277	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Lizières	23	118 km W	234	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-la-Vallée	24	247 km SW	237	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Mauléon-d'Armagnac	32	383 km SW	265	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Gipcy'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
Lizières	23	118 km W	234	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Firbeix	24	189 km SW	294	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chamborand	23	120 km W	241	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chauvigny-du-Perche	41	220 km NW	230	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mazeuil	86	229 km W	243	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lupersat	23	79 km SW	288	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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