Souvigny

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03275

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

Partly served 52.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souvigny (INSEE 03275) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 1,698 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03275-souvigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 81 % of the 10,706 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.34	10	3.39
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL QUINET). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SASU BEAUCE SYLVAIN · SPHERE PLAISIR). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE POINT D'ORGUE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CDT COUSTEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST MAYEUL - ST ODILON). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SAMI ABDMOULAH, MÉDECIN · MATHIEU LEYMARIE, MÉDECIN · LOUIS CAMARD, MÉDECIN · FLORIAN DOUALLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LEPEE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOUVIGNY). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON D EMILIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	EURL QUINET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	SASU BEAUCE SYLVAIN · SPHERE PLAISIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE POINT D'ORGUE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CDT COUSTEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST MAYEUL - ST ODILON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	SAMI ABDMOULAH, MÉDECIN · MATHIEU LEYMARIE, MÉDECIN · LOUIS CAMARD, MÉDECIN · FLORIAN DOUALLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LEPEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOUVIGNY	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	SALON D EMILIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,212 2023: 1,698 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,949 (2012) → 1,698 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,024 (1990) → 1,698 (2023): -16.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,019, of which 8.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Souvigny): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Souvigny): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Souvigny): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Souvigny): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Souvigny): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 51.7

Muggy days a summer 2

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEUVY weather station, 7.3 km away at 257 m; the village itself is at 248 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NEUVY, 7.3 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARIGNY, 5.3 km away at 249 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

116 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 94,500 € — 866 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

24 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 50,000 € — 697 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Allier is 924 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03275/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2021-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/eb6cff01-1892-3480-9ff5-e7b78160fd69— “Marché local”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03275/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03275/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03275/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03275
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Saint-Gaultier	36	136 km W	1,701	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Étauliers	33	326 km SW	1,662	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Laroque-Timbaut	47	314 km SW	1,589	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Randan	63	59 km S	1,619	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Chavenay	78	273 km N	1,723	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Bousies	59	403 km N	1,769	46	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Randan	63	59 km S	1,619	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gaultier	36	136 km W	1,701	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chavenay	78	273 km N	1,723	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Laroque-Timbaut	47	314 km SW	1,589	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Étauliers	33	326 km SW	1,662	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Bousies	59	403 km N	1,769	46	Partly served	no figures

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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 Souvigny'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
Saint-Gaultier	36	136 km W	1,701	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Gueux	51	307 km N	1,907	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Froncles	52	245 km NE	1,369	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Monthermé	08	390 km N	2,138	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Étang-sur-Arroux	71	84 km NE	1,750	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Juilly	77	278 km N	2,036	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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