Lalizolle
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lalizolle (INSEE 03135) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 399 (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 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 18,000 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.5 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL DES 3 PETITS COCHONS). [3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE - SERVICES). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L EPICURIEN). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LALIZOLLE AP). [3]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [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) | 1 | SARL DES 3 PETITS COCHONS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L'EPICERIE - SERVICES | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | L EPICURIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | LALIZOLLE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 352 (2012) → 399 (2023): 13.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 347 (1990) → 399 (2023): 15 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 265, of which 18.9 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Échassières): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lalizolle): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bellenaves): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Bellenaves): 7.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Lalizolle): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ECHASSIERES_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 650 m; the village itself is at 558 m. [11]
The village sits 92 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ECHASSIERES_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 650 m, over 13 summers. [11]
That station sits 92 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LALIZOLLE, 2.7 km away at 618 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03135/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03135/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03135/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03135/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03108
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03135
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lougratte | 47 | 255 km SW | 421 | 42.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Campsegret | 24 | 233 km SW | 407 | 36.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 % |
| Échourgnac | 24 | 244 km SW | 395 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 % |
| Chenu | 72 | 259 km NW | 421 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 % |
| Concèze | 19 | 157 km SW | 376 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sarlande | 24 | 166 km SW | 428 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concèze | 19 | 157 km SW | 376 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sarlande | 24 | 166 km SW | 428 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Campsegret | 24 | 233 km SW | 407 | 36.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 % |
| Échourgnac | 24 | 244 km SW | 395 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 % |
| Lougratte | 47 | 255 km SW | 421 | 42.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Chenu | 72 | 259 km NW | 421 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 % |
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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 Lalizolle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarlande | 24 | 166 km SW | 428 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villiers-Saint-Benoît | 89 | 181 km N | 427 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mialet | 24 | 176 km W | 628 | 51.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cossé-en-Champagne | 53 | 323 km NW | 299 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Pas | 53 | 377 km NW | 517 | 31.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Léons | 12 | 216 km S | 424 | 39.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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