Urçay

Allier · CC du Pays de Tronçais · INSEE 03293

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Urçay (INSEE 03293) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays de Tronçais. Population 296 (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 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,802 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.51	10	5.07
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (HNPIMMO03). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ENTRACTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE URÇAY SALLE DES ASSOCIATIONS). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA PLACE DF · CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA PLAGE DU CHER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	HNPIMMO03	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	L'ENTRACTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	URCAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE URÇAY SALLE DES ASSOCIATIONS	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	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	2	CAMPING DE LA PLACE DF · CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA PLAGE DU CHER	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 428 2023: 296 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 304 (2012) → 296 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 294 (1990) → 296 (2023): 0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 17.7 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.6 km SEPrimary school — 2.4 km NWPharmacy — 2.9 km SEFood shop — 3.3 km SEGP — 3.5 km SE 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 (Urçay): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meaulne-Vitray): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meaulne-Vitray): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meaulne-Vitray): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Perche): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.1

Days at or below 0 °C 66.8

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 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MEAULNE weather station, 2.1 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 170 m. ^[11]

An average of 709 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MEAULNE, 2.1 km away at 216 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03293/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03293/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03293/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03293/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18178
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
Molompize	15	160 km S	270	24.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %
Chassignelles	89	174 km NE	289	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 70 %
Montner	66	431 km S	324	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 22 %
Ingrandes	36	124 km W	294	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Cassagnes	66	432 km S	294	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 31 %
Bielle	64	463 km SW	371	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ingrandes	36	124 km W	294	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %
Molompize	15	160 km S	270	24.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %
Chassignelles	89	174 km NE	289	34.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 70 %
Montner	66	431 km S	324	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 22 %
Cassagnes	66	432 km S	294	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 31 %
Bielle	64	463 km SW	371	44.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 62 %

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