Saint-Pont

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03252

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pont (INSEE 03252) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 689 (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/03252-saint-pont

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 16,450 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (L' ATELIER VEGETAL D' AMANDINE). ^[3,4]

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	MAIRIE DE SAINT-PONT	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	L' ATELIER VEGETAL D' AMANDINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 408 2023: 689 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 603 (2012) → 689 (2023): 14.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 435 (1990) → 689 (2023): 58.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 6.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.1 km SWGP — 3.1 km SWBakery — 3.2 km SWPharmacy — 3.7 km NW 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 (Escurolles): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Escurolles): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Escurolles): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Broût-Vernet): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Pont): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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, 3.7 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 334 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 7.8 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 85 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 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, 3.7 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 — 03252/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03252/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03252/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03252/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03252
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
Calleville	27	387 km NW	665	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Monthoiron	86	215 km W	673	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Thurageau	86	244 km W	720	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
La Chapelle-Moulière	86	216 km W	723	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-d'Heurs	63	40 km S	703	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Villy-le-Bouveret	74	221 km E	653	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-d'Heurs	63	40 km S	703	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Monthoiron	86	215 km W	673	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Moulière	86	216 km W	723	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villy-le-Bouveret	74	221 km E	653	26	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Thurageau	86	244 km W	720	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Calleville	27	387 km NW	665	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · 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-Pont'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
La Chapelle-Moulière	86	216 km W	723	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chenebier	70	308 km NE	701	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Cher	41	170 km NW	742	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Jumeauville	78	326 km N	638	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bény	01	154 km E	777	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Firmin-des-Prés	41	250 km NW	744	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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