Luneau

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03154

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

Few services 25/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luneau (INSEE 03154) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 277 (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/03154-luneau

Vitality score

Vitality score 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,645 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (CAFE RESTAURANT DU CENTRE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE LUNEAU). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE RESTAURANT DU CENTRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	MAIRIE DE LUNEAU	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: 488 2023: 277 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 287 (2012) → 277 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 335 (1990) → 277 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 12.8 % second homes and 16.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.8 km SWPharmacy — 8.1 km NEFood shop — 11.5 km SEGP — 12.0 km SE 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 (Le Bouchaud): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcigny): 11.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marcigny): 12 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Yan): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Luneau): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 62.1

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT DIDIER_SAPC weather station, 7.9 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 265 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, 7.9 km away at 293 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, 7.9 km away at 293 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 — 03154/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03154/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03154/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03154/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03035
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71275
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71491
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03154
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
Azérat	43	120 km S	294	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Just-en-Bas	42	71 km S	281	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier-en-Donjon	03	7.6 km W	245	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bournan	37	258 km W	277	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Burg	65	455 km SW	271	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Lantabat	64	529 km SW	297	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Didier-en-Donjon	03	7.6 km W	245	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just-en-Bas	42	71 km S	281	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Azérat	43	120 km S	294	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Bournan	37	258 km W	277	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Burg	65	455 km SW	271	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Lantabat	64	529 km SW	297	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Luneau'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
Saint-Didier-en-Donjon	03	7.6 km W	245	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beaune-d'Allier	03	83 km W	296	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Vouzance	03	5.2 km N	258	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ouzouer-des-Champs	45	193 km NW	279	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Cour-Marigny	45	199 km NW	379	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Fouleix	24	297 km SW	277	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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