Sorbier

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03274

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

Few services 29.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sorbier (INSEE 03274) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 318 (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 29.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,908 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.53	10	5.26
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE SORBIER). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SORBIER LA POSTE RELAIS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE SORBIER	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	VIRGINIE COIFFURE	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: 471 2023: 318 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 294 (2012) → 318 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 310 (1990) → 318 (2023): 2.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 12.9 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km WBakery — 10.3 km WGP — 10.5 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 (Treteau): 10.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jaligny-sur-Besbre): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Donjon): 10.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Jaligny-sur-Besbre): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sorbier): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-LEON weather station, 4.5 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 350 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST-POURCAIN-BES, 14.4 km away at 266 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 84 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 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, 4.5 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 — 03274/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03274/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03274/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03274/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03274
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
Champoly	42	58 km S	311	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Bueil-en-Touraine	37	275 km NW	323	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Verosvres	71	60 km E	423	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Retjons	40	399 km SW	301	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 84 %
Bresnay	03	33 km W	386	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Vieure	03	62 km W	277	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bresnay	03	33 km W	386	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Champoly	42	58 km S	311	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Verosvres	71	60 km E	423	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vieure	03	62 km W	277	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Bueil-en-Touraine	37	275 km NW	323	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Retjons	40	399 km SW	301	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 84 %

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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 Sorbier'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
Bresnay	03	33 km W	386	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Mosnay	36	158 km W	459	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Gizeux	37	287 km NW	382	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest	03	77 km W	383	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	203 km NW	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil	24	232 km SW	377	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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