Magnet

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03157

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Magnet (INSEE 03157) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 1,053 (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/03157-magnet

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 14,016 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MAIE DU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MK BAR RESTAURANT DE LA GARE). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MAIE DU VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	MK BAR RESTAURANT DE LA GARE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	MAGNET RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAGNET	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 722 2023: 1,053 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 923 (2012) → 1,053 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 656 (1990) → 1,053 (2023): 60.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 470, of which 1.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.8 km NFood shop — 4.6 km SWGP — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km W 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 (Magnet): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Creuzier-le-Neuf): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Gérand-le-Puy): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Magnet): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.2

Days at or below 0 °C 72.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 6.4 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 290 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 9.6 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BILLY, 6.4 km away at 260 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 — 03157/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03157/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03157/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03157/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03236
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
Le Deschaux	39	174 km NE	1,036	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Domfront-en-Champagne	72	337 km NW	1,069	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Hombleux	80	394 km N	1,111	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
La Bazouge-du-Désert	35	427 km NW	1,095	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Hauterive	03	15 km S	1,186	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Cheffois	85	333 km W	1,009	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hauterive	03	15 km S	1,186	28.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Le Deschaux	39	174 km NE	1,036	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cheffois	85	333 km W	1,009	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Domfront-en-Champagne	72	337 km NW	1,069	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Hombleux	80	394 km N	1,111	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
La Bazouge-du-Désert	35	427 km NW	1,095	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Magnet'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
Cabrières-d'Aigues	84	312 km SE	946	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vieille-Brioude	43	106 km S	1,236	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Scientrier	74	217 km E	1,273	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Colombier	25	275 km NE	875	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fontannes	43	103 km S	875	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Martiel	12	239 km SW	1,008	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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