Néris-les-Bains

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03195

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

Partly served 58/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Néris-les-Bains (INSEE 03195) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 2,368 (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/03195-neris-les-bains

Vitality score

Vitality score 58/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 8,553 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	0.63	25	15.75
Social	0.81	20	16.21
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.34	10	3.36
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON TRIBOULET · LE HAUT EN BAS · AUX DELICES DE LEGRAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EDEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (INTERMARCHE · L'UNIVERS DU GATEAU). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LA TOUR 2 PIZZ' · DU MOUTY · LA BRASSERIE · COTE TOQUES · LE CROQ). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BUGATTY · BAR BRASSERIE DU MINI GOLF). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS RABELAIS). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALEXANDRINE REBET, MÉDECIN · BENOIT REBET, MÉDECIN · DENIS MAGNY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DEVERS ROUZILLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE NÉRIS-LES-BAINS). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ET TERRAIN MULTISPORTS · MARCHE COUVERT). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (ZEPH COIFFURE · EN APARTE · JUSTE UN INSTANT COIFFURE & ONGLERIE · LILYE COUET' · LES CISEAUX DE MATHILDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CENTRE ET PROXIMA · NERIS · CHEZ TOOYOUTOO : HOTEL-BAR-RESTAURANT). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC · CAMPING DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	MAISON TRIBOULET · LE HAUT EN BAS · AUX DELICES DE LEGRAND	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	EDEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	INTERMARCHE · L'UNIVERS DU GATEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	9	LA TOUR 2 PIZZ' · DU MOUTY · LA BRASSERIE · COTE TOQUES · LE CROQ	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BUGATTY · BAR BRASSERIE DU MINI GOLF	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FRANCOIS RABELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ALEXANDRINE REBET, MÉDECIN · BENOIT REBET, MÉDECIN · DENIS MAGNY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DEVERS ROUZILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE NÉRIS-LES-BAINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE ET TERRAIN MULTISPORTS · MARCHE COUVERT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	ZEPH COIFFURE · EN APARTE · JUSTE UN INSTANT COIFFURE & ONGLERIE · LILYE COUET' · LES CISEAUX DE MATHILDE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	3	HOTEL LE CENTRE ET PROXIMA · NERIS · CHEZ TOOYOUTOO : HOTEL-BAR-RESTAURANT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC · CAMPING DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,917 peak 1982: 2,924 2023: 2,368 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,588 (2012) → 2,368 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,831 (1990) → 2,368 (2023): -16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,997, of which 27.5 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Néris-les-Bains): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Néris-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Néris-les-Bains): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Néris-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Néris-les-Bains): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.4

Days at or below 0 °C 44.9

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the DURDAT-LAREQUILLE weather station, 5 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 363 m. ^[9]

The village sits 137 m below 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 9.8 km away at 207 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 156 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at DURDAT-LAREQUILLE, 5 km away at 500 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03195
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
Maussane-les-Alpilles	13	331 km SE	2,347	60.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Collobrières	83	445 km SE	1,870	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Bozel	73	323 km E	2,098	69.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 45 %
Aléria	2B	716 km SE	2,267	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %
Aups	83	408 km SE	2,192	69.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Florac Trois Rivières	48	230 km S	2,100	69.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Florac Trois Rivières	48	230 km S	2,100	69.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Bozel	73	323 km E	2,098	69.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 45 %
Maussane-les-Alpilles	13	331 km SE	2,347	60.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Aups	83	408 km SE	2,192	69.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Collobrières	83	445 km SE	1,870	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Aléria	2B	716 km SE	2,267	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Néris-les-Bains'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
La Canourgue	48	211 km S	2,074	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Messery	74	279 km E	2,474	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Toury	28	219 km N	2,640	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bourbon-l'Archambault	03	45 km NE	2,494	66.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bort-les-Orgues	19	100 km S	2,483	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rieupeyroux	12	223 km S	1,965	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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