Thiel-sur-Acolin

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03283

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thiel-sur-Acolin (INSEE 03283) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 1,027 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,132 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.5	10	4.95
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE THIEL). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (LE FRENCH BURGER · PIZZA TAAZ). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE THIEL-SUR-ACOLIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BALOUZAT EDEN COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DELICES DE THIEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXIMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	LE FRENCH BURGER · PIZZA TAAZ	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE PEAGE	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	THIEL SUR ACOLIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE THIEL-SUR-ACOLIN	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	BALOUZAT EDEN COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,192 2023: 1,027 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,033 (2012) → 1,027 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,032 (1990) → 1,027 (2023): -0.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 591, of which 6.4 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km NWGP — 5.4 km EPharmacy — 7.8 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 (Thiel-sur-Acolin): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thiel-sur-Acolin): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dompierre-sur-Besbre): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dompierre-sur-Besbre): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Thiel-sur-Acolin): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 61.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-POURCAIN-BES weather station, 4.3 km away at 266 m; the village itself is at 246 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-POURCAIN-BES, 4.3 km away at 266 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-POURCAIN-BES, 4.3 km away at 266 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 — 03283/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03283/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03283/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03283/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03283
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03102
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
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes	35	423 km NW	1,037	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire	42	70 km SE	1,147	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %
Noizay	37	227 km NW	1,168	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-de-Marc	38	166 km SE	1,154	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Saussemesnil	50	506 km NW	927	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Parize-le-Châtel	58	48 km NW	1,227	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Parize-le-Châtel	58	48 km NW	1,227	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire	42	70 km SE	1,147	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %
Villeneuve-de-Marc	38	166 km SE	1,154	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Noizay	37	227 km NW	1,168	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes	35	423 km NW	1,037	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saussemesnil	50	506 km NW	927	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · 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 Thiel-sur-Acolin'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-Parize-le-Châtel	58	48 km NW	1,227	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montcresson	45	165 km N	1,262	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy	72	294 km NW	995	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Menoux	03	33 km W	1,116	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Crevant-Laveine	63	70 km S	967	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villandry	37	250 km W	1,143	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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