Lavoine

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03141

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

Few services 21.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavoine (INSEE 03141) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 153 (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 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 14,226 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.2	10	2.02
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GC DECOUPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DES BOIS NOIRS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LAVOINE LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE LAVOINE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	GC DECOUPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'AUBERGE DES BOIS NOIRS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	LAVOINE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE LAVOINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 333 2023: 153 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 157 (2012) → 153 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 218 (1990) → 153 (2023): -29.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 32.9 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.7 km EBakery — 6.4 km NWPharmacy — 6.5 km NWGP — 10.4 km N 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 (Ferrières-sur-Sichon): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lavoine): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Mayet-de-Montagne): 10.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ferrières-sur-Sichon): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Laprugne): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.7

Days at or below 0 °C 87.3

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAYET-DE-MONTAG weather station, 11.1 km away at 534 m; the village itself is at 807 m. ^[12]

The village sits 273 m above 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST-NICOLAS, 11.7 km away at 1,022 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 215 m above 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 1,306 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA GUILLERMIE, 4.5 km away at 722 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 — 03141/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03141/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03141/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03141/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03113
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03139
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
Saint-Martin-Cantalès	15	147 km SW	157	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoches	58	156 km N	160	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Préjet-d'Allier	43	118 km S	159	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Pinols	43	105 km S	181	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Poil	58	103 km N	152	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bor-et-Bar	12	236 km SW	206	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 65 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poil	58	103 km N	152	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pinols	43	105 km S	181	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Préjet-d'Allier	43	118 km S	159	14.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Cantalès	15	147 km SW	157	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoches	58	156 km N	160	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Bor-et-Bar	12	236 km SW	206	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 65 %

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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 Lavoine'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
Corravillers	70	308 km NE	161	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maigner	63	79 km W	162	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Racho	71	61 km NE	158	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Fix-Saint-Geneys	43	93 km S	143	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Mézères	43	94 km S	178	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vidaillat	23	138 km W	204	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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