Villebret

Identity

Villebret (INSEE 03314) is in Allier (03), part of CA Montluçon Communauté. Population 1,335 (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/03314-villebret

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 12,448 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE PSYCHOMOTRICITE DE L ECOLE PRIMAIRE ET MATERNELLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (NUANCES ET STYLES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,291 (2012) → 1,335 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 865 (1990) → 1,335 (2023): 54.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 616, of which 3.6 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Néris-les-Bains): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Néris-les-Bains): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Néris-les-Bains): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Néris-les-Bains): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villebret): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DURDAT-LAREQUILLE weather station, 4.7 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 412 m. ^[10]

The village sits 88 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTLUCON, 10.9 km away at 229 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 183 m below 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 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DURDAT-LAREQUILLE, 4.7 km away at 500 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

62 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 121,500 € — 787 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Allier is 924 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03314/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03314/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03314/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03314/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03195
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03314
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025