Nizerolles
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 17.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Nizerolles (INSEE 03201) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 282 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03201-nizerolles
Vitality score
Vitality score 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 17,697 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.76 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.53 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BIGUET). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NIZEROLLES CENTRE CULTUREL ODETTE PUYRAVEL). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE BIGUET | 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NIZEROLLES CENTRE CULTUREL ODETTE PUYRAVEL | 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
Population 344 (2012) → 282 (2023): -18 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 289 (1990) → 282 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 14.7 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Nizerolles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Mayet-de-Montagne): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Châtel-Montagne): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Le Mayet-de-Montagne): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Le Mayet-de-Montagne): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHATEL-MONTAGNE weather station, 3.9 km away at 517 m; the village itself is at 479 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-NICOLAS, 13.9 km away at 1,022 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 543 m above 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 1,009 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHATEL-MONTAGNE, 3.9 km away at 517 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 — 03201/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03201/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03201/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03201/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03201
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03165
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03066
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel-d'Urfé | 42 | 32 km SE | 268 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Crépin-d'Auberoche | 24 | 240 km SW | 335 | 23.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
| Briffons | 63 | 88 km SW | 267 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Mayme-de-Péreyrol | 24 | 262 km SW | 286 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bourg | 46 | 205 km SW | 298 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ouzouer-des-Champs | 45 | 210 km N | 279 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel-d'Urfé | 42 | 32 km SE | 268 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Briffons | 63 | 88 km SW | 267 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bourg | 46 | 205 km SW | 298 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ouzouer-des-Champs | 45 | 210 km N | 279 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Crépin-d'Auberoche | 24 | 240 km SW | 335 | 23.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Mayme-de-Péreyrol | 24 | 262 km SW | 286 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · 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 Nizerolles'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-Vitte-sur-Briance | 87 | 170 km W | 316 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buxières-d'Aillac | 36 | 157 km NW | 238 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méhers | 41 | 215 km NW | 303 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs | 89 | 179 km N | 258 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martial-le-Mont | 23 | 119 km W | 265 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noyers-Auzécourt | 55 | 326 km N | 273 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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