Jenzat

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03133

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jenzat (INSEE 03133) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 517 (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/03133-jenzat

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,723 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.68	10	6.78
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ESSENTIEL). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE JENZAT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	L'ESSENTIEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 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	JENZAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE JENZAT	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: 492 peak 2012: 527 2023: 517 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 527 (2012) → 517 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 439 (1990) → 517 (2023): 17.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 12.7 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km SBakery — 2.1 km NEGP — 5.9 km SEPharmacy — 6.5 km NE 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): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jenzat): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Escurolles): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Broût-Vernet): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Jenzat): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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, 6.1 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 283 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 12.6 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, 6.1 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 — 03133/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03133/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03133/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03133/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03237
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03043
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
Voussac	03	21 km NW	494	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plottes	71	135 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vignols	19	169 km SW	536	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Morizès	33	309 km SW	527	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Chenevelles	86	205 km W	435	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Échouboulains	77	256 km N	555	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Voussac	03	21 km NW	494	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Plottes	71	135 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vignols	19	169 km SW	536	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Chenevelles	86	205 km W	435	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Échouboulains	77	256 km N	555	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Morizès	33	309 km SW	527	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Jenzat'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
Montvicq	03	33 km NW	692	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Passavant-la-Rochère	70	294 km NE	524	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme	81	291 km S	538	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy	03	58 km N	354	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Longwy-sur-le-Doubs	39	188 km NE	496	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois	71	85 km E	421	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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