Saligny-sur-Roudon

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03265

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

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saligny-sur-Roudon (INSEE 03265) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 641 (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 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 16,763 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.29	10	2.9
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FRITERIE L ALLIER DES CH'TIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SALIGNY SUR ROUDON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SALIGNY-SUR-ROUDON). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	FRITERIE L ALLIER DES CH'TIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	SALIGNY SUR ROUDON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SALIGNY-SUR-ROUDON	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		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: 1,093 2023: 641 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 723 (2012) → 641 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 811 (1990) → 641 (2023): -21 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 423, of which 11.1 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 6.7 km NWFood shop — 6.9 km NEBakery — 7.5 km NPharmacy — 7.5 km N 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 (Diou): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierrefitte-sur-Loire): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dompierre-sur-Besbre): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Diou): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saligny-sur-Roudon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.8

Days at or below 0 °C 41.1

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-LEON weather station, 8.6 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 257 m. ^[12]

The village sits 119 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-POURCAIN-BES, 10.5 km away at 266 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-LEON, 8.6 km away at 376 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 — 03265/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03265/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03265/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03265/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03265
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
Vailhourles	12	280 km SW	648	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Pouligny-Notre-Dame	36	134 km W	639	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-du-Bois	49	334 km W	598	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Chantrigné	53	390 km NW	599	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Verrières-en-Forez	42	101 km S	731	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Les Coteaux Périgourdins	24	240 km SW	554	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Verrières-en-Forez	42	101 km S	731	43.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Pouligny-Notre-Dame	36	134 km W	639	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Coteaux Périgourdins	24	240 km SW	554	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Vailhourles	12	280 km SW	648	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-du-Bois	49	334 km W	598	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Chantrigné	53	390 km NW	599	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · 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 Saligny-sur-Roudon'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
Pouligny-Notre-Dame	36	134 km W	639	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montmiral	26	182 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sermentizon	63	81 km S	605	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chéniers	23	148 km W	554	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gourgé	79	300 km W	884	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Crevant	36	138 km W	705	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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