Malicorne

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03159

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

Few services 37.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Malicorne (INSEE 03159) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 763 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/03159-malicorne

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 15,921 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.43	10	4.28
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MALI'FRAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE / ROADY · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LEGRAND ELIANE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BRANDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hairdresser (SARL FORME ET NUANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MALI'FRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	INTERMARCHE / ROADY · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LEGRAND ELIANE	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	1	PHARMACIE DE LA BRANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	SARL FORME ET NUANCE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 485 peak 2007: 857 2023: 763 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 829 (2012) → 763 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 822 (1990) → 763 (2023): -7.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 383, of which 5.7 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km WBakery — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.1 km SWPharmacy — 3.2 km SW 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 (Commentry): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Malicorne): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Commentry): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Commentry): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Malicorne): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 58.7

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MALICORNE weather station, 0.3 km away at 400 m; the village itself is at 396 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 13.3 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 68 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MALICORNE, 0.3 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03159
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
Thieux	77	301 km N	778	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Gognies-Chaussée	59	457 km N	723	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %
Vaudes	10	234 km NE	701	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Bootzheim	67	418 km NE	795	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-en-Brie	77	251 km N	837	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dieffenbach-au-Val	67	409 km NE	642	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vaudes	10	234 km NE	701	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ouen-en-Brie	77	251 km N	837	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Thieux	77	301 km N	778	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Dieffenbach-au-Val	67	409 km NE	642	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bootzheim	67	418 km NE	795	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gognies-Chaussée	59	457 km N	723	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %

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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 Malicorne'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
Vaudes	10	234 km NE	701	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Bootzheim	67	418 km NE	795	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Niederentzen	68	393 km NE	857	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Kirchberg	68	358 km NE	717	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gueberschwihr	68	389 km NE	807	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Soppe-le-Bas	68	363 km NE	774	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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