Gouise
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gouise (INSEE 03124) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 219 (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 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 16,520 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 4.95 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GOUISE AP). [3]
1 × Library (MAIRIE DE GOUISE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 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) | 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 | GOUISE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MAIRIE DE GOUISE | 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
Population 237 (2012) → 219 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 220 (1990) → 219 (2023): -0.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 6.2 % second homes and 15 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Neuilly-le-Réal): 6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Neuilly-le-Réal): 6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Neuilly-le-Réal): 6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Jaligny-sur-Besbre): 12.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FERTE-HAUTERIVE weather station, 8.5 km away at 226 m; the village itself is at 269 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FERTE-HAUTERIVE, 8.5 km away at 226 m, over 17 summers. [11]
An average of 725 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FERTE-HAUTERIVE, 8.5 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
20 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 143,750 € — 866 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Allier is 924 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03124/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03124/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03124/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03124/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03197
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03132
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03234
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligardes | 32 | 350 km SW | 208 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 % |
| Lizières | 23 | 144 km W | 234 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lannux | 32 | 420 km SW | 216 | 22.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 % |
| Marigny | 03 | 25 km NW | 200 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Voir | 03 | 7.0 km E | 201 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moncé-en-Saosnois | 72 | 309 km NW | 221 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Voir | 03 | 7.0 km E | 201 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marigny | 03 | 25 km NW | 200 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lizières | 23 | 144 km W | 234 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moncé-en-Saosnois | 72 | 309 km NW | 221 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 80 % |
| Ligardes | 32 | 350 km SW | 208 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 % |
| Lannux | 32 | 420 km SW | 216 | 22.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Gouise'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neure | 03 | 51 km NW | 202 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Avril-sur-Loire | 58 | 46 km N | 245 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Guerreaux | 71 | 40 km E | 226 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lesparrou | 09 | 405 km S | 236 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monétay-sur-Loire | 03 | 30 km E | 250 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Lupien | 10 | 217 km N | 231 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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