Saint-Aubin-le-Monial

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03218

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

No daily shops 18.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin-le-Monial (INSEE 03218) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 262 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,443 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.74
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE SAINT AUBIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE SAINT-AUBIN-LE-MONIAL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	AUBERGE DE SAINT AUBIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE SAINT-AUBIN-LE-MONIAL	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 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: 403 2023: 262 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 279 (2012) → 262 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 262 (2023): -2.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 16.7 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.0 km SPrimary school — 4.3 km SGP — 5.0 km SEBakery — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Ygrande): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gipcy): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bourbon-l'Archambault): 7.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.3

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BOURBON_SAPC weather station, 6.9 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 294 m. ^[12]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOURBON_SAPC, 6.9 km away at 270 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 — 03218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03320
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03238
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03122
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03036
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
Jaulnay	37	203 km W	243	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Sarcé	72	249 km NW	264	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Moncy	61	376 km NW	261	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %
Cazalis	33	359 km SW	269	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 97 %
Coussay	86	216 km W	266	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Montapas	58	77 km NE	269	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montapas	58	77 km NE	269	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Jaulnay	37	203 km W	243	16.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 84 %
Coussay	86	216 km W	266	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Sarcé	72	249 km NW	264	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Cazalis	33	359 km SW	269	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 97 %
Moncy	61	376 km NW	261	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %

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