Saint-Sauvier

Allier · CC du Pays d'Huriel · INSEE 03259

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

Few services 30.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sauvier (INSEE 03259) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 320 (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 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,948 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.35	10	3.49
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MENDES DE CARVALHO FRANCISCO). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SAUVIER AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MENDES DE CARVALHO FRANCISCO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DUTHEIL	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	1	SAINT SAUVIER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-SAUVIER	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 [3,4]
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: 616 2023: 320 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 351 (2012) → 320 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 320 (2023): -15.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 296, of which 22.3 % second homes and 21.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km EGP — 7.6 km NEPharmacy — 13.9 km E 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-Sauvier): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sauvier): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chambérat): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chapelaude): 13.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Sauvier): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.5

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARCHIGNAT weather station, 8.5 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[11]

The village sits 88 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNAT, 8.5 km away at 374 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 88 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 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNAT, 8.5 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 — 03259/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03259/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03259/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03259/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03055
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
Villossanges	63	58 km SE	359	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bouhy	58	138 km NE	410	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	154 km E	406	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ciers-Champagne	17	229 km SW	388	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Jullianges	43	165 km SE	426	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 26 %
Saint-Jean-d'Hérans	38	317 km SE	318	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villossanges	63	58 km SE	359	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bouhy	58	138 km NE	410	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	154 km E	406	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Jullianges	43	165 km SE	426	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 26 %
Saint-Ciers-Champagne	17	229 km SW	388	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-d'Hérans	38	317 km SE	318	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Sauvier'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
Villossanges	63	58 km SE	359	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Laprugne	03	118 km E	308	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères	69	165 km E	368	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Goulles	19	151 km S	323	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Brousse	63	123 km SE	372	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-de-Buthon	28	247 km NW	510	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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