Tortezais
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Tortezais (INSEE 03285) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 172 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03285-tortezais
Vitality score
Vitality score 11.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 25 % of the 15,091 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 180 (2012) → 172 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 149 (1990) → 172 (2023): 15.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 15 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cosne-d'Allier): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cosne-d'Allier): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Cosne-d'Allier): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Le Montet): 15.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cosne-d'Allier): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the TORTEZAIS_SAPC weather station, 0.1 km away at 256 m; the village itself is at 254 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 16.9 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. [10]
That station sits 210 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TORTEZAIS_SAPC, 0.1 km away at 256 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 — 03285/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03285/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03285/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03285/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03084
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03183
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry-Sec | 89 | 142 km N | 172 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mont | 71 | 77 km E | 173 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chélan | 32 | 391 km SW | 172 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ainhice-Mongelos | 64 | 480 km SW | 168 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 % |
| Maligny | 21 | 144 km NE | 171 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Junien-les-Combes | 87 | 140 km W | 170 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont | 71 | 77 km E | 173 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Junien-les-Combes | 87 | 140 km W | 170 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Merry-Sec | 89 | 142 km N | 172 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maligny | 21 | 144 km NE | 171 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chélan | 32 | 391 km SW | 172 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ainhice-Mongelos | 64 | 480 km SW | 168 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 % |
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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 Tortezais'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont | 71 | 77 km E | 173 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne | 24 | 203 km SW | 168 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thianges | 58 | 71 km NE | 165 | 6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Morey | 71 | 139 km E | 190 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pandrignes | 19 | 157 km SW | 172 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Versaugues | 71 | 93 km E | 190 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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