Murat

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03191

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Murat (INSEE 03191) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 264 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,458 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	25	0
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	0.38	10	3.77
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE VENT DU NORD). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE MURAT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	1	LE VENT DU NORD	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 ELEMENTAIRE	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	MURAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE MURAT	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: 409 2023: 264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 288 (2012) → 264 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 301 (1990) → 264 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 22 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km SEBakery — 4.2 km WGP — 4.2 km WPharmacy — 10.0 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 (Villefranche-d'Allier): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chappes): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villefranche-d'Allier): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Murat): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 68.4

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TORTEZAIS_SAPC weather station, 6.8 km away at 256 m; the village itself is at 310 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 10.3 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 154 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 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TORTEZAIS_SAPC, 6.8 km away at 256 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 — 03191/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03191/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03191/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03191/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03315
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03058
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03191
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
Lascelle	15	156 km S	260	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Mercœur	19	172 km SW	228	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Roche-Morey	70	259 km NE	297	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 100 %
Gigouzac	46	233 km SW	303	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Teissières-lès-Bouliès	15	178 km S	344	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Poncy	15	139 km S	339	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Poncy	15	139 km S	339	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Lascelle	15	156 km S	260	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Mercœur	19	172 km SW	228	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Teissières-lès-Bouliès	15	178 km S	344	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Gigouzac	46	233 km SW	303	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
La Roche-Morey	70	259 km NE	297	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 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 Murat'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
Saint-Floret	63	96 km S	243	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Nocle-Maulaix	58	78 km NE	267	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bétête	23	64 km W	389	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Valigny	03	35 km N	378	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mortroux	23	77 km W	277	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Champs-Romain	24	191 km SW	291	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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