Rongères

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03215

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rongères (INSEE 03215) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 555 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,496 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.74
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 × Café / bar (LA FORTERRE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (RONGERES RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE RONGÈRES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 [3,4]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA FORTERRE	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	RONGERES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE RONGÈRES	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 444 peak 2012: 595 2023: 555 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 595 (2012) → 555 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 570 (1990) → 555 (2023): -2.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 3.2 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.0 km NWBakery — 4.1 km NWFood shop — 4.2 km NWPharmacy — 9.8 km S 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 (Varennes-sur-Allier): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varennes-sur-Allier): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Varennes-sur-Allier): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 9.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rongères): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.2

Days at or below 0 °C 72.6

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 6.7 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 284 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FERTE-HAUTERIVE, 13 km away at 226 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 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 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTOLDRE, 3.7 km away at 280 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 — 03215/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03215/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03215/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03215/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03298
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03215
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
Fontiès-d'Aude	11	354 km S	560	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 19 % · humidity 43 %
Barbery	60	331 km N	528	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Pommevic	82	314 km SW	599	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Leigné-les-Bois	86	216 km W	547	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Naujan-et-Postiac	33	329 km SW	599	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pons-la-Calm	30	259 km S	501	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Leigné-les-Bois	86	216 km W	547	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pons-la-Calm	30	259 km S	501	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Pommevic	82	314 km SW	599	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Naujan-et-Postiac	33	329 km SW	599	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · humidity 71 %
Barbery	60	331 km N	528	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Fontiès-d'Aude	11	354 km S	560	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 19 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Rongères'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
Cognin-les-Gorges	38	197 km SE	615	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lornay	74	194 km E	588	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Colombier	25	274 km NE	875	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	190 km SE	655	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Jouhe	39	182 km NE	531	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Dampniat	19	189 km SW	716	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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