Saint-Palais
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 6.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Palais (INSEE 03249) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 163 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 6.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 3 % of the 14,672 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.3 | 10 | 2.99 |
| Housing mix | 0.5 | 5 | 2.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (COURNEL). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | COURNEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 181 (2012) → 163 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 204 (1990) → 163 (2023): -20.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 188, of which 25 % second homes and 26.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Sauvier): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Préveranges): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Chambérat): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Culan): 12.5 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Préveranges): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the ARCHIGNAT weather station, 13.6 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 380 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ARCHIGNAT, 13.6 km away at 374 m, over 19 summers. [12]
An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNAT, 13.6 km away at 374 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03249/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03249/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03249/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03249/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03259
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18187
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03051
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18083
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | 58 | 137 km NE | 165 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Tranger | 36 | 99 km NW | 166 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Dercé | 86 | 168 km W | 162 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chaumont | 61 | 305 km NW | 165 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gabrias | 48 | 227 km S | 158 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| Entre-deux-Monts | 39 | 282 km E | 166 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Tranger | 36 | 99 km NW | 166 | 7.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | 58 | 137 km NE | 165 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dercé | 86 | 168 km W | 162 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gabrias | 48 | 227 km S | 158 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| Entre-deux-Monts | 39 | 282 km E | 166 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaumont | 61 | 305 km NW | 165 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · 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-Palais'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nades | 03 | 60 km SE | 162 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Croix-sur-Gartempe | 87 | 105 km W | 161 | 6.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Apchat | 63 | 134 km SE | 162 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Mancelière | 28 | 264 km N | 150 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hardanges | 53 | 293 km NW | 169 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vernusse | 03 | 55 km E | 149 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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