Saint-Menoux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Menoux (INSEE 03247) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 1,116 (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/03247-saint-menoux
Vitality score
Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 13,672 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.44 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL GUILLOT). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER SYMPA). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE PETIT LOCAL). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE STEINER RUDOLF). [3]
1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COLLEGE DE LA MHOTTE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MAIRIE DE SAINT-MENOUX). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CHAPELET YVETTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.
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) | 2 | FOURNIL GUILLOT | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LE PANIER SYMPA | 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 | 1 | LE PETIT LOCAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DU CENTRE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE STEINER RUDOLF | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COLLEGE DE LA MHOTTE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MAIRIE DE SAINT-MENOUX | 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 | CHAPELET YVETTE | 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 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
Population 1,041 (2012) → 1,116 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 986 (1990) → 1,116 (2023): 13.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 587, of which 5.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Souvigny): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Menoux): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Souvigny): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Souvigny): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Menoux): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BOURBON_SAPC weather station, 8.3 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 248 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NEUVY, 10.5 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. [10]
An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MARIGNY, 3 km away at 249 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
56 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 110,000 € — 903 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Allier is 924 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03247/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03247/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03247/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03247/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03275
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03247
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chailland | 53 | 354 km NW | 1,187 | 47.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavoux | 86 | 201 km W | 1,192 | 39.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine | 35 | 398 km W | 1,035 | 49.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Savigny-en-Revermont | 71 | 173 km E | 1,152 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Catherine | 69 | 155 km SE | 969 | 52.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire | 85 | 311 km W | 1,100 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Catherine | 69 | 155 km SE | 969 | 52.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Savigny-en-Revermont | 71 | 173 km E | 1,152 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lavoux | 86 | 201 km W | 1,192 | 39.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire | 85 | 311 km W | 1,100 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chailland | 53 | 354 km NW | 1,187 | 47.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine | 35 | 398 km W | 1,035 | 49.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · 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-Menoux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigny-en-Revermont | 71 | 173 km E | 1,152 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire | 85 | 311 km W | 1,100 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sillé-le-Philippe | 72 | 271 km NW | 1,085 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thiel-sur-Acolin | 03 | 33 km E | 1,027 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Ormes | 86 | 199 km W | 1,613 | 37.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Parize-le-Châtel | 58 | 30 km N | 1,227 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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