Saulcet

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03267

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulcet (INSEE 03267) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 657 (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/03267-saulcet

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 16,712 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.15
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE SAULCET). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	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 SAULCET	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 536 peak 2017: 693 2023: 657 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 657 (2012) → 657 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 589 (1990) → 657 (2023): 11.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 359, of which 5.3 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.2 km SEFood shop — 2.3 km SEPharmacy — 2.3 km SEBakery — 2.7 km SE 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-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saulcet): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.8

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOUCHY-MONTFAND weather station, 2.9 km away at 281 m; the village itself is at 273 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 6.2 km away at 286 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LOUCHY-MONTFAND, 2.9 km away at 281 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 — 03267/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03267/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03267/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03267/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03254
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03267
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
Sainte-Marthe	47	323 km SW	658	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Rigny	70	221 km NE	636	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rou-Marson	49	279 km W	638	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Pessan	32	364 km SW	648	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Moustéru	22	546 km NW	645	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Chainaz-les-Frasses	74	220 km E	681	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chainaz-les-Frasses	74	220 km E	681	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Rigny	70	221 km NE	636	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rou-Marson	49	279 km W	638	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marthe	47	323 km SW	658	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 50 %
Pessan	32	364 km SW	648	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Moustéru	22	546 km NW	645	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · 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 Saulcet'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
Rigny	70	221 km NE	636	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Moussey	10	219 km N	656	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Barges	21	169 km NE	652	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Surat	63	43 km S	611	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Marcoux	42	90 km SE	781	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde	38	178 km SE	759	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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