Noyant-d'Allier

Identity

Noyant-d'Allier (INSEE 03202) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 602 (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/03202-noyant-d-allier

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,066 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA NOYANTISE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE SOURIRE DE NOYANT · BANH MI · VIETNAM). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALÉRIE AURORE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LE BRAY THEVENET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE NOYANT D'ALLIER). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FUN COIF' · LINE COIFF'). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 681 (2012) → 602 (2023): -11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 921 (1990) → 602 (2023): -34.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 536, of which 28.7 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Châtillon): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tronget): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Noyant-d'Allier): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Noyant-d'Allier): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Noyant-d'Allier): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUXIERES weather station, 9.6 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 323 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NEUVY, 14.6 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 66 m below 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 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUXIERES, 9.6 km away at 375 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03202/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03202/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03202/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03202/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03069
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03292
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03202
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024