Mariol

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03163

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mariol (INSEE 03163) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 679 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 16,525 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.45	10	4.51
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARIOL AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE	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 [3,4]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		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	MARIOL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MARIOL	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: 527 peak 2017: 797 2023: 679 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 758 (2012) → 679 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 714 (1990) → 679 (2023): -4.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 397, of which 4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SGP — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.2 km S 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 (Mariol): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ris): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châteldon): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Châteldon): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mariol): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.5

Days at or below 0 °C 46

Muggy days a summer 1

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VICHY-VILLE weather station, 11.6 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 300 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 17.9 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 51 m below 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 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VICHY-VILLE, 11.6 km away at 255 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 — 03163/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03163/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03163/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03163/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63102
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
Poyanne	40	423 km SW	693	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Lieuvillers	60	391 km N	718	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Caussens	32	334 km SW	598	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Villers	42	57 km E	602	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Abancourt	60	429 km N	569	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	427 km N	593	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villers	42	57 km E	602	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Caussens	32	334 km SW	598	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
Lieuvillers	60	391 km N	718	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Poyanne	40	423 km SW	693	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	427 km N	593	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Abancourt	60	429 km N	569	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Mariol'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
Lens-Lestang	26	145 km SE	884	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cour-et-Buis	38	134 km SE	920	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hauterive	03	8.2 km NW	1,186	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	253 km SW	528	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ravel	63	28 km S	739	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Nespouls	19	189 km SW	638	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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