Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03258

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat (INSEE 03258) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 1,774 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 10,394 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.61
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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) (ROMAIN LOPEZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC BAUSSART - DELMEE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PARC DU SEQUOIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE SAINT EXUPERY). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOILE BOYADJIAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-RÉMY-EN-ROLLAT). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE VIRGINIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ROMAIN LOPEZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SNC BAUSSART - DELMEE	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 PARC DU SEQUOIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE SAINT EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOILE BOYADJIAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-RÉMY-EN-ROLLAT	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	2	COIFFURE VIRGINIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

1968: 985 2023: 1,774 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,645 (2012) → 1,774 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,407 (1990) → 1,774 (2023): 26.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 842, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 3.9 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 (Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Germain-des-Fossés): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25

Days at or below 0 °C 68.3

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VICHY-CHARMEIL weather station, 2.1 km away at 249 m; the village itself is at 268 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 2.1 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 773 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 2.1 km away at 249 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03236
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
Aron	53	379 km NW	1,828	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Pezens	11	338 km S	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 36 %
Vougy	42	57 km E	1,546	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Viviers-lès-Montagnes	81	308 km S	2,008	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle	24	254 km SW	2,080	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 %
Bû	28	324 km NW	2,077	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vougy	42	57 km E	1,546	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle	24	254 km SW	2,080	36	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 %
Viviers-lès-Montagnes	81	308 km S	2,008	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Bû	28	324 km NW	2,077	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Pezens	11	338 km S	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 36 %
Aron	53	379 km NW	1,828	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · 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-Rémy-en-Rollat'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
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	146 km E	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vendat	03	3.4 km SW	2,292	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Nordhouse	67	409 km NE	1,753	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Messigny-et-Vantoux	21	184 km NE	1,720	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Demigny	71	138 km NE	1,756	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien	21	190 km NE	1,864	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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