Saulzet

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03268

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

Few services 22.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulzet (INSEE 03268) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 396 (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/03268-saulzet

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 18,004 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	0.66	10	6.65
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE SAULZET). ^[3]

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 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	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	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 SAULZET	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: 354 2023: 396 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 368 (2012) → 396 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 340 (1990) → 396 (2023): 16.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 6.1 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km NWBakery — 3.8 km EGP — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km S 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): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jenzat): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Escurolles): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gannat): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saulzet): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.4

Days at or below 0 °C 60

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BROUT-VERNET weather station, 6.8 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 314 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 14.3 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 65 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BROUT-VERNET, 6.8 km away at 313 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 — 03268/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03268/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03268/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03268/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03268
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
Freulleville	76	436 km N	386	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maudan	22	504 km NW	399	20	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiers	18	81 km NW	409	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Buzignargues	34	270 km S	378	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Chézy-en-Orxois	02	332 km N	389	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montandon	25	305 km NE	371	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Colombiers	18	81 km NW	409	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Buzignargues	34	270 km S	378	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Montandon	25	305 km NE	371	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Chézy-en-Orxois	02	332 km N	389	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Freulleville	76	436 km N	386	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maudan	22	504 km NW	399	20	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · 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 Saulzet'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
Chalou-Moulineux	91	266 km N	373	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Les Grandes-Chapelles	10	266 km N	401	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Paray-le-Frésil	03	65 km NE	376	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chappes	10	239 km N	360	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Genay	21	175 km NE	370	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pluvet	21	196 km NE	432	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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