Ussel-d'Allier
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ussel-d'Allier (INSEE 03294) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 166 (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/03294-ussel-d-allier
Vitality score
Vitality score 9.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 13 % of the 14,814 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Housing mix | 0.37 | 5 | 1.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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 [3,4] | |
| 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 150 (2012) → 166 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 147 (1990) → 166 (2023): 12.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 127, of which 31.5 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Charroux): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Charroux): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Chantelle): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Chantelle): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Étroussat): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BROUT-VERNET weather station, 6.4 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 312 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 8 km away at 286 m, over 18 summers. [11]
An average of 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHANTELLE, 3.9 km away at 324 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 — 03294/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03294/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03294/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03294/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03062
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03053
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 03112
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montsalier | 04 | 309 km SE | 167 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gevrolles | 21 | 232 km NE | 162 | 7.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Bénouville | 76 | 447 km NW | 168 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 43 % |
| Frontenay | 39 | 196 km E | 155 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Molosmes | 89 | 198 km N | 155 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Furmeyer | 05 | 279 km SE | 169 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenay | 39 | 196 km E | 155 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Molosmes | 89 | 198 km N | 155 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gevrolles | 21 | 232 km NE | 162 | 7.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Furmeyer | 05 | 279 km SE | 169 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montsalier | 04 | 309 km SE | 167 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bénouville | 76 | 447 km NW | 168 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 43 % |
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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 Ussel-d'Allier'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molosmes | 89 | 198 km N | 155 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais | 71 | 84 km E | 172 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rougemont | 21 | 181 km NE | 143 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cescau | 09 | 402 km SW | 163 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rosey | 71 | 131 km NE | 156 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Flez-Cuzy | 58 | 133 km N | 134 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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