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Trézelles

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03291

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Trézelles (INSEE 03291) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 391 (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/03291-trezelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 18,009 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.44104.44
Housing mix0.8754.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 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 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (TREZELLES AP). [3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE TRÉZELLES). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE TREZELLES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1TREZELLES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MAIRIE DE TRÉZELLESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DE TREZELLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 562 2023: 391 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 391 (2012) → 391 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 414 (1990) → 391 (2023): -5.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 255, of which 6.7 % second homes and 20 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 5.6 km N (Jaligny-sur-Besbre)Pharmacy — 5.7 km N (Jaligny-sur-Besbre)Bakery — 6.7 km NW (Treteau)GP — 9.3 km S (Lapalisse)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.6 km NPharmacy — 5.7 km NBakery — 6.7 km NWGP — 9.3 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 (Treteau): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Jaligny-sur-Besbre): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Lapalisse): 9.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Jaligny-sur-Besbre): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Trézelles): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ST-LEON weather station, 10.9 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 255 m. [12]

The village sits 121 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

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

Humidity measured at ST-POURCAIN-BES, 18.2 km away at 266 m, over 18 summers. [12]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at JALIGNY, 4.5 km away at 285 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03291/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03291/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03291/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03291/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03289
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03132
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03138
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03291
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Oisy02411 km N43826Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %
Uzer07209 km S42136.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pardoux-l'Ortigier19194 km SW48528.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vielverge21176 km NE49523.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %
Bures-en-Bray76419 km NW30220.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Lantenay21149 km NE49628.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lantenay21149 km NE49628.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vielverge21176 km NE49523.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Pardoux-l'Ortigier19194 km SW48528.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Uzer07209 km S42136.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Oisy02411 km N43826Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %
Bures-en-Bray76419 km NW30220.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 73 % · 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 Trézelles'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy0354 km NW35428.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chenevelles86229 km W43528.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Senoch37216 km NW51423.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Évry89217 km N40223.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Curzay-sur-Vonne86273 km W38025.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Séris41224 km NW38818No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %