Quinssaines

Allier · CA Montluçon Communauté · INSEE 03212

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Quinssaines (INSEE 03212) is in Allier (03), part of CA Montluçon Communauté. Population 1,528 (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/03212-quinssaines

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 11,473 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.93	10	9.27
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 (ILLICO PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE QUINSSAINOIS). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE QUINSSAINES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LA TETE AILLEURS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	ILLICO PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE QUINSSAINOIS	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	1	QUINSSAINES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE QUINSSAINES	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	1	LA TETE AILLEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 715 2023: 1,528 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,408 (2012) → 1,528 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,071 (1990) → 1,528 (2023): 42.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 705, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km NGP — 2.7 km SEBakery — 2.9 km NEFood shop — 3.7 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km NE 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 (Domérat): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prémilhat): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prémilhat): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Domérat): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Quinssaines): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.9

Days at or below 0 °C 78.5

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLUCON weather station, 6.1 km away at 229 m; the village itself is at 399 m. ^[11]

The village sits 170 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 MONTLUCON, 6.1 km away at 229 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 170 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 639 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUCON, 6.1 km away at 229 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 — 03212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03211
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03212
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
Plémy	22	450 km NW	1,578	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Trévol	03	70 km NE	1,643	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Savasse	26	261 km SE	1,631	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Bodilis	29	555 km NW	1,723	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 11 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Blaise	06	464 km SE	1,397	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · humidity 21 %
Illats	33	296 km SW	1,413	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 31 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trévol	03	70 km NE	1,643	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Savasse	26	261 km SE	1,631	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Illats	33	296 km SW	1,413	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 31 % · humidity 29 %
Plémy	22	450 km NW	1,578	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Blaise	06	464 km SE	1,397	38.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · humidity 21 %
Bodilis	29	555 km NW	1,723	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 11 % · 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 Quinssaines'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
Chaudenay	71	187 km E	1,116	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Paslières	63	88 km SE	1,491	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Briennon	42	123 km E	1,710	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent	43	171 km SE	1,089	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Effiat	63	66 km SE	1,124	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villegusien-le-Lac	52	265 km NE	1,000	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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