Saint-Angel

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03217

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

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Angel (INSEE 03217) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 738 (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/03217-saint-angel

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,127 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.73
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 (LE SAINT ANGEL). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	LE SAINT ANGEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	SAINT ANGEL RP	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	1		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: 451 peak 2012: 754 2023: 738 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 754 (2012) → 738 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 629 (1990) → 738 (2023): 17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 3.3 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km SPharmacy — 5.9 km WFood shop — 6.0 km WGP — 6.0 km W 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 (Chamblet): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Désertines): 6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Désertines): 6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Désertines): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Angel): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.5

Days at or below 0 °C 57.2

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLUCON weather station, 7.8 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 371 m. ^[11]

The village sits 164 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, 7.8 km away at 207 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 164 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 635 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUCON, 7.8 km away at 207 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 — 03217/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03217/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03217/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03217/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03052
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03217
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
Espiet	33	288 km SW	741	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Joux	69	139 km E	752	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fouilloux	17	255 km SW	755	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	159 km S	728	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-Surieu	38	202 km SE	757	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	374 km N	715	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Joux	69	139 km E	752	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	159 km S	728	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-Surieu	38	202 km SE	757	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fouilloux	17	255 km SW	755	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %
Espiet	33	288 km SW	741	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	374 km N	715	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · 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 Saint-Angel'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
Giou-de-Mamou	15	159 km S	728	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	240 km N	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Ornain	55	325 km NE	952	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Coulommiers-la-Tour	41	198 km NW	575	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Valfleury	42	167 km SE	739	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saulnières	28	277 km N	751	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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