Louroux-de-Bouble

Identity

Louroux-de-Bouble (INSEE 03152) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 226 (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/03152-louroux-de-bouble

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 16,695 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGE A LILY). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LOUROUX DE BOUBLE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA GRAVIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 268 (2012) → 226 (2023): -15.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 268 (1990) → 226 (2023): -15.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 34.6 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Louroux-de-Bouble): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Échassières): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bellenaves): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bellenaves): 8.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Louroux-de-Bouble): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ECHASSIERES_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 650 m; the village itself is at 496 m. ^[11]

The village sits 154 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ECHASSIERES_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 650 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 154 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 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ECHASSIERES_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 650 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03152/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03152/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03152/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03152/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03152
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03108
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03022
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024