Saint-Léon

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03240

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Léon (INSEE 03240) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 530 (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/03240-saint-leon

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,639 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.24	10	2.35
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MUSETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PETIT POUCET · NET'TOIT FACADE LAURAGUAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (ANG ELLE COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA MUSETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE PETIT POUCET · NET'TOIT FACADE LAURAGUAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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 LEON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE SAINT LÉON	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	1	ANG ELLE COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 893 2023: 530 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 614 (2012) → 530 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 721 (1990) → 530 (2023): -26.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 379, of which 13.7 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 7.7 km WBakery — 10.0 km SEGP — 10.0 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 (Le Donjon): 10 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Léon): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Donjon): 10 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jaligny-sur-Besbre): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Léon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-LEON weather station, 0.1 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 373 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-POURCAIN-BES, 11.4 km away at 266 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 107 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-LEON, 0.1 km away at 376 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 — 03240/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03240/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03240/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03240/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03240
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03132
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
Pressac	86	242 km W	544	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Dausse	47	313 km SW	526	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Fourneaux	42	69 km SE	563	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 21 %
Propières	69	62 km E	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Souvigny-en-Sologne	41	180 km NW	495	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %
Marcolès	15	208 km SW	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Propières	69	62 km E	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Fourneaux	42	69 km SE	563	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 21 %
Souvigny-en-Sologne	41	180 km NW	495	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 86 %
Marcolès	15	208 km SW	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pressac	86	242 km W	544	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Dausse	47	313 km SW	526	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %

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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-Léon'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
Marcolès	15	208 km SW	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chapelle-Viviers	86	227 km W	551	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire	03	15 km NE	506	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marray	37	264 km NW	496	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Clémont	18	167 km NW	687	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Châteaudouble	26	200 km SE	633	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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