Saint-Martinien

Allier · CC du Pays d'Huriel · INSEE 03246

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martinien (INSEE 03246) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 597 (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 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 17,106 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	0.62	10	6.2
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-MARTINIEN	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]
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: 525 peak 2012: 627 2023: 597 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 627 (2012) → 597 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 533 (1990) → 597 (2023): 12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 3.3 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km NBakery — 4.2 km NGP — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 5.6 km NE 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 (Huriel): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Huriel): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Huriel): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Domérat): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Martinien): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the ARCHIGNAT weather station, 3.8 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 382 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNAT, 3.8 km away at 374 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNAT, 3.8 km away at 374 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 — 03246/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03246/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03246/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03246/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03246
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
Sallespisse	64	401 km SW	591	21	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Gennetines	03	79 km NE	615	22	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Hargnies	59	447 km N	599	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gy-les-Nonains	45	181 km N	604	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Saint-Loup	10	239 km NE	579	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nonville	77	218 km N	591	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gennetines	03	79 km NE	615	22	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gy-les-Nonains	45	181 km N	604	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Nonville	77	218 km N	591	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Saint-Loup	10	239 km NE	579	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sallespisse	64	401 km SW	591	21	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Hargnies	59	447 km N	599	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · 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-Martinien'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
Hargnies	59	447 km N	599	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gilocourt	60	330 km N	626	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lalande-en-Son	60	344 km N	606	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Jumeauville	78	291 km N	638	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Warlaing	59	457 km N	603	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Andelu	78	287 km N	550	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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