Montvicq

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03189

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montvicq (INSEE 03189) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 692 (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/03189-montvicq

Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,447 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.52	10	5.22
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE MONTVICQ). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE MONTVICQ	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: 830 2023: 692 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 731 (2012) → 692 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 677 (1990) → 692 (2023): 2.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 497, of which 11.5 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km NEGP — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 6.8 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 (Bézenet): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montvicq): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Doyet): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Malicorne): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Montvicq): 0.2 km to the north-east (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 1.2

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. ^[12]

Measured at the MALICORNE weather station, 4 km away at 400 m; the village itself is at 352 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 10.1 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 112 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MALICORNE, 4 km away at 400 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 — 03189/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03189/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03189/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03189/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03027
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03104
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
Champsevraine	52	261 km NE	719	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chemillé-sur-Dême	37	222 km NW	707	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Coudrecieux	72	249 km NW	636	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Mesves-sur-Loire	58	104 km N	662	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze	38	266 km SE	754	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Plottes	71	159 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mesves-sur-Loire	58	104 km N	662	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Plottes	71	159 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chemillé-sur-Dême	37	222 km NW	707	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Coudrecieux	72	249 km NW	636	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Champsevraine	52	261 km NE	719	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze	38	266 km SE	754	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · 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 Montvicq'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
Plottes	71	159 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Gresle	42	116 km E	857	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé	71	151 km E	592	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jenzat	03	33 km SE	517	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Danzé	41	221 km NW	671	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marcilly-le-Hayer	10	234 km N	706	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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