Meaulne-Vitray

Allier · CC du Pays de Tronçais · INSEE 03168

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

Partly served 49/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meaulne-Vitray (INSEE 03168) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays de Tronçais. Population 906 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Vitray (03318). ^[3]

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 49/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 14,926 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.46	10	4.63
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.24

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DE L'AUMANCE). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (CHIGNAC ANNE-MARIE). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURE GOZARD, MÉDECIN · ANDY HUGONNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MEAULNE). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEAULNE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (RELAIS BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MEAULNE ECOLE DE MEAULNE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (ELO'TIFS · L'ATELIER DE JUSTINE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (AU COEUR DE MEAULNE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER DE L'AUMANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	CHIGNAC ANNE-MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LAURE GOZARD, MÉDECIN · ANDY HUGONNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MEAULNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MEAULNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	RELAIS BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MEAULNE ECOLE DE MEAULNE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	ELO'TIFS · L'ATELIER DE JUSTINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	1	AU COEUR DE MEAULNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,112 2023: 906 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 878 (2012) → 906 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 941 (1990) → 906 (2023): -3.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 664, of which 17.6 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.7 km NW 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 (Meaulne-Vitray): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Meaulne-Vitray): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meaulne-Vitray): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meaulne-Vitray): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Meaulne-Vitray): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.1

Days at or below 0 °C 66.8

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEAULNE weather station, 1.5 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[10]

An average of 709 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEAULNE, 1.5 km away at 216 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 — 03168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03168
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 Grand-Pressigny	37	143 km W	872	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %
Sap-en-Auge	61	307 km NW	926	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %
Cuxac-Cabardès	11	360 km S	947	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Châteldon	63	98 km SE	740	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Cologne	32	345 km S	947	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 80 %
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	266 km S	709	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 41 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châteldon	63	98 km SE	740	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Le Grand-Pressigny	37	143 km W	872	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 64 %
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	266 km S	709	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 41 %
Sap-en-Auge	61	307 km NW	926	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %
Cologne	32	345 km S	947	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 80 %
Cuxac-Cabardès	11	360 km S	947	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %

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