Saint-Félix

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03232

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

Few services 22.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Félix (INSEE 03232) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 279 (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/03232-saint-felix

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,646 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.25
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE SAINT-FÉLIX). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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-FÉLIX	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: 150 peak 2012: 339 2023: 279 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 339 (2012) → 279 (2023): -17.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 248 (1990) → 279 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 132, of which 3 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km SEFood shop — 4.0 km WGP — 4.2 km NEPharmacy — 4.3 km SW 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 (Magnet): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Billy): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Gérand-le-Puy): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Félix): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.2

Days at or below 0 °C 79.4

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 4.2 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 361 m. ^[13]

The village sits 101 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 9.2 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 112 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BILLY, 4.2 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03232/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03232/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03232/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03232/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03232
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
Omonville	76	436 km NW	285	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pé-de-Léren	64	468 km SW	271	23.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Courcerac	17	300 km W	316	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Laudrefang	57	396 km NE	335	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Lucy-le-Bois	89	151 km N	326	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Flesquières	59	434 km N	276	18.1	No daily shops	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lucy-le-Bois	89	151 km N	326	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Courcerac	17	300 km W	316	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Laudrefang	57	396 km NE	335	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Flesquières	59	434 km N	276	18.1	No daily shops	no figures
Omonville	76	436 km NW	285	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pé-de-Léren	64	468 km SW	271	23.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Félix'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
Saint-Laurent-Chabreuges	43	106 km S	253	12.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Nevy-lès-Dole	39	178 km NE	288	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vichel	63	91 km S	327	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Vaulserre	38	189 km SE	246	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villars-sous-Écot	25	279 km NE	332	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Meurcourt	70	270 km NE	345	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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