Saint-Germain-de-Salles

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03237

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-Salles (INSEE 03237) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 434 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,940 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	0.29	25	7.21
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	0.48	10	4.75
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BON PAIN D AUTREFOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ENTRACTE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GERMAIN DE SALLES AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE LES GANDINS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU BON PAIN D AUTREFOIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	L'ENTRACTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 GERMAIN DE SALLES AP	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	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	1	DOMAINE LES GANDINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 509 2023: 434 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 437 (2012) → 434 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 445 (1990) → 434 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 9.7 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.6 km SWGP — 4.5 km EPharmacy — 4.5 km E 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-Germain-de-Salles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jenzat): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Broût-Vernet): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Broût-Vernet): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-de-Salles): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BROUT-VERNET weather station, 4.2 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 288 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 10.7 km away at 286 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BROUT-VERNET, 4.2 km away at 313 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 — 03237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03237
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03043
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
Cœuvres-et-Valsery	02	351 km N	467	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Chamoy	10	223 km N	499	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	260 km S	528	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Coulgens	16	230 km W	558	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Port-Launay	29	595 km NW	404	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Courgains	72	323 km NW	581	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chamoy	10	223 km N	499	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Coulgens	16	230 km W	558	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	260 km S	528	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Courgains	72	323 km NW	581	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %
Cœuvres-et-Valsery	02	351 km N	467	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Port-Launay	29	595 km NW	404	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · 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-Germain-de-Salles'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
Pouilly-sur-Saône	21	173 km NE	619	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Raveau	58	112 km N	594	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset-les-Prévanches	27	341 km NW	476	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	315 km N	429	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mailley-et-Chazelot	70	263 km NE	610	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine	70	288 km NE	592	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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