Lignerolles

Allier · CA Montluçon Communauté · INSEE 03145

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lignerolles (INSEE 03145) is in Allier (03), part of CA Montluçon Communauté. Population 760 (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/03145-lignerolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 15,973 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.81	10	8.13
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	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 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 435 peak 2012: 760 2023: 760 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 760 (2012) → 760 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 579 (1990) → 760 (2023): 31.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 365, of which 3.6 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.4 km NWFood shop — 4.9 km NBakery — 5.6 km NPharmacy — 5.6 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 (Montluçon): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prémilhat): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prémilhat): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montluçon): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lignerolles): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 75.5

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLUCON weather station, 8.3 km away at 229 m; the village itself is at 360 m. ^[11]

The village sits 131 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 8.3 km away at 229 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 131 m below 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 639 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUCON, 8.3 km away at 229 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 — 03145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03211
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03145
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
Geyssans	26	235 km SE	755	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saulnières	28	282 km N	751	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	406 km SW	749	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 0 %
Massieu	38	252 km E	773	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Téthieu	40	396 km SW	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	385 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Geyssans	26	235 km SE	755	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Massieu	38	252 km E	773	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saulnières	28	282 km N	751	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	385 km NW	749	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Téthieu	40	396 km SW	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	406 km SW	749	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Lignerolles'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
Massieu	38	252 km E	773	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Essegney	88	366 km NE	747	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Limons	63	76 km SE	721	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lantéfontaine	54	414 km NE	730	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hatrize	54	409 km NE	838	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Signy-Signets	77	297 km N	638	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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