Le Pin

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03208

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

Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Pin (INSEE 03208) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 432 (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/03208-le-pin

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,943 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	0.55	10	5.46
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 (LA CALANQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PINOIS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE JARDIN DES MOTS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	LA CALANQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PINOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE JARDIN DES MOTS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LE PIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 539 2023: 432 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 400 (2012) → 432 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 413 (1990) → 432 (2023): 4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 3.1 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 6.6 km NEFood shop — 8.1 km NEBakery — 8.6 km NGP — 10.3 km SW 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 (Coulanges): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Molinet): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Donjon): 10.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Molinet): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Pin): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 62.1

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT DIDIER_SAPC weather station, 6.4 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 277 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, 6.4 km away at 293 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, 6.4 km away at 293 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 — 03208/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03208/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03208/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03208/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03173
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03208
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
Moriville	88	288 km NE	443	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Vosne-Romanée	21	116 km NE	328	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Metting	57	365 km NE	410	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Urbès	68	283 km NE	427	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sossais	86	273 km W	409	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	336 km W	495	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vosne-Romanée	21	116 km NE	328	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sossais	86	273 km W	409	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Urbès	68	283 km NE	427	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Moriville	88	288 km NE	443	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Angeac-Champagne	16	336 km W	495	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Metting	57	365 km NE	410	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 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 Le Pin'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
Vosne-Romanée	21	116 km NE	328	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Bellechaume	89	183 km N	436	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gondreville	45	205 km NW	340	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Oiselay-et-Grachaux	70	191 km NE	437	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Eulien	51	263 km N	413	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-le-Bouchoux	01	97 km E	409	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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