Périgny

Allier · CC du Pays de Lapalisse · INSEE 03205

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Périgny (INSEE 03205) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays de Lapalisse. Population 484 (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/03205-perigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,855 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.66	10	6.63
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 (L'INSTANT PIZZ'). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DE PERIGNY). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (POINT RELAIS DE PÉRIGNY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	L'INSTANT PIZZ'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE RELAIS DE PERIGNY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	POINT RELAIS DE PÉRIGNY	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 543 2023: 484 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 474 (2012) → 484 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 416 (1990) → 484 (2023): 16.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 3 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.3 km WBakery — 3.5 km WGP — 3.5 km WPharmacy — 6.1 km E 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 (Saint-Gérand-le-Puy): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gérand-le-Puy): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Gérand-le-Puy): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lapalisse): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Périgny): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.9

Days at or below 0 °C 75.9

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 9.9 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 316 m. ^[11]

The village sits 56 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 15.2 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 67 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 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAPALISSE, 6.2 km away at 287 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 — 03205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03205
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
La Couyère	35	424 km NW	448	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Lesgor	40	440 km SW	427	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Lescure	09	405 km SW	479	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Paizay-le-Sec	86	216 km W	468	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Anglards-de-Saint-Flour	15	145 km S	412	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Fercé	44	414 km NW	517	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Anglards-de-Saint-Flour	15	145 km S	412	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Paizay-le-Sec	86	216 km W	468	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Lescure	09	405 km SW	479	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Fercé	44	414 km NW	517	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 54 %
La Couyère	35	424 km NW	448	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Lesgor	40	440 km SW	427	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Périgny'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-Félix-de-Lunel	12	204 km SW	387	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marcenat	03	12 km W	386	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montgardin	05	282 km SE	481	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Billezois	03	4.6 km S	363	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Paray-sous-Briailles	03	15 km W	616	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Seuillet	03	8.3 km SW	479	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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