Saint-Fargeol

Allier · CA Montluçon Communauté · INSEE 03231

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

No daily shops 13.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Fargeol (INSEE 03231) is in Allier (03), part of CA Montluçon Communauté. Population 187 (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 13.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 15,590 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	5	0
Population trend	0.32	10	3.17
Housing mix	0.41	5	2.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	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: 311 2023: 187 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 201 (2012) → 187 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 229 (1990) → 187 (2023): -18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 29.5 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.9 km NGP — 3.1 km WBakery — 3.3 km NFood shop — 5.9 km SEPharmacy — 5.9 km SE 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 (Marcillat-en-Combraille): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pionsat): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pionsat): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Marcillat-en-Combraille): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 56.9

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DURDAT-LAREQUILLE weather station, 13.6 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 549 m. ^[11]

An average of 867 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARCILLAT-EN-COMBRAILLES, 3.1 km away at 494 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 — 03231/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03231/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03231/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03231/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03161
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03244
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
Le Favril	27	373 km NW	185	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Plouzélambre	22	542 km NW	198	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 43 %
Montmort	71	130 km NE	185	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
La Fontenelle	41	246 km NW	204	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Orens-Pouy-Petit	32	301 km SW	161	16.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Romestaing	47	281 km SW	163	13.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 59 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montmort	71	130 km NE	185	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
La Fontenelle	41	246 km NW	204	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Romestaing	47	281 km SW	163	13.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Orens-Pouy-Petit	32	301 km SW	161	16.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 62 %
Le Favril	27	373 km NW	185	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Plouzélambre	22	542 km NW	198	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 43 %

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