Vaux

Allier · CC du Val de Cher · INSEE 03301

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaux (INSEE 03301) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Val de Cher. Population 1,165 (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/03301-vaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 13,401 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.79	10	7.87
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE VAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-EXUPERY). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIANE MOUTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAUX AGENCE POSTALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (EURL LE P'TI SALON DELONA). ^[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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	L'AUBERGE DE VAUX	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTIANE MOUTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	VAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAUX AGENCE POSTALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	EURL LE P'TI SALON DELONA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 772 2023: 1,165 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,068 (2012) → 1,165 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 905 (1990) → 1,165 (2023): 28.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 547, of which 4.8 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.3 km EBakery — 1.5 km EFood shop — 1.5 km EGP — 1.5 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 (Estivareilles): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Estivareilles): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vaux): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Estivareilles): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vaux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.1

Days at or below 0 °C 48.7

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTLUCON weather station, 6.8 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 192 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 6.8 km away at 207 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 635 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUCON, 6.8 km away at 207 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 — 03301/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03301/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03301/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03301/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03301
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
Val-du-Mignon	79	246 km W	1,092	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Souvigné	37	206 km NW	933	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mesmin	10	246 km NE	909	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	323 km NW	1,156	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Biziat	01	182 km E	889	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Luzillat	63	81 km SE	1,163	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luzillat	63	81 km SE	1,163	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Biziat	01	182 km E	889	42.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Souvigné	37	206 km NW	933	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Val-du-Mignon	79	246 km W	1,092	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Mesmin	10	246 km NE	909	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	323 km NW	1,156	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vaux'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
Courzieu	69	170 km SE	1,183	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Faye-l'Abbesse	79	230 km W	1,131	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Égliseneuve-près-Billom	63	99 km SE	937	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Arlay	39	227 km E	1,182	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Meursanges	21	190 km E	591	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Clairvaux-d'Aveyron	12	223 km S	1,158	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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