Limoise

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03146

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

Few services 21.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Limoise (INSEE 03146) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 175 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03146-limoise

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 15,200 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.22
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

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

1 × Library (POINT RELAIS DE LIMOISE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	L'AUBERGE DES ORMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	POINT RELAIS DE LIMOISE	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: 196 2023: 175 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 178 (2012) → 175 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 175 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 94, of which 9.6 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.1 km EPrimary school — 4.2 km EBakery — 4.4 km SGP — 9.1 km NPharmacy — 9.2 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 (Franchesse): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Veurdre): 9.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Veurdre): 9.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 61.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LURCY-LEVIS SA weather station, 9.3 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 275 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LURCY-LEVIS SA, 9.3 km away at 225 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 705 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LURCY-LEVIS SA, 9.3 km away at 225 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 — 03146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03309
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-Polycarpe	11	408 km S	169	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Goutevernisse	31	412 km S	185	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Jaure	24	264 km SW	178	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
La Celle-Condé	18	67 km W	189	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Michel-de-Veisse	23	111 km SW	165	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Agathe	63	104 km SE	171	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Celle-Condé	18	67 km W	189	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Agathe	63	104 km SE	171	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-de-Veisse	23	111 km SW	165	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Jaure	24	264 km SW	178	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Polycarpe	11	408 km S	169	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 68 % · humidity 36 %
Goutevernisse	31	412 km S	185	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Limoise'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
Moulon	45	154 km N	178	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Domet	23	91 km SW	160	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Voir	03	47 km SE	201	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mazeuil	86	227 km W	243	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Hautefond	71	88 km E	201	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Marigny	03	16 km SE	200	11.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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