Saint-Désiré

Allier · CC du Pays d'Huriel · INSEE 03225

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Désiré (INSEE 03225) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 424 (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 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,961 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	0.46	10	4.59
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT DESIRE COURCAIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-DÉSIRÉ). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (DOMAINE BONNEBLOND · LES FRUITS DU PASSAU). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 DESIRE COURCAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-DÉSIRÉ	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	2	DOMAINE BONNEBLOND · LES FRUITS DU PASSAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 731 2023: 424 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 445 (2012) → 424 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 442 (1990) → 424 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 15 % second homes and 25.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.6 km SWGP — 7.5 km SPharmacy — 8.4 km NW 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 (Saint-Désiré): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viplaix): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chambérat): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Culan): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Désiré): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 56.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARCHIGNAT weather station, 15.3 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 326 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNAT, 15.3 km away at 374 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNAT, 15.3 km away at 374 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 — 03225/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03225/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03225/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03225/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03317
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18083
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
Noth	23	71 km SW	498	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Nadaillac	24	181 km SW	372	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Panjas	32	357 km SW	431	28	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Fontanes	46	254 km S	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Frayssinet-le-Gélat	46	235 km SW	376	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon	07	270 km SE	422	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noth	23	71 km SW	498	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Nadaillac	24	181 km SW	372	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Frayssinet-le-Gélat	46	235 km SW	376	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Fontanes	46	254 km S	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon	07	270 km SE	422	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %
Panjas	32	357 km SW	431	28	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %

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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-Désiré'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
Deux-Chaises	03	48 km E	377	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Meilhards	19	120 km SW	545	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-de-Buthon	28	239 km NW	510	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	146 km E	406	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Champnétery	87	99 km SW	512	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Goulles	19	164 km S	323	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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