Villefranche-d'Allier

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03315

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

Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villefranche-d'Allier (INSEE 03315) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 1,238 (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/03315-villefranche-d-allier

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 13,020 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.1
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DESSEAUVES · ISC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENTIU ENE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEFRANCHE D'ALLIER). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORT). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FRANCE NADINE · COIFFRE MIXTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DESSEAUVES · ISC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LAURENTIU ENE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEFRANCHE D'ALLIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	FRANCE NADINE · COIFFRE MIXTE	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: 1,347 peak 1990: 1,360 2023: 1,238 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,334 (2012) → 1,238 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,360 (1990) → 1,238 (2023): -9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 728, of which 6.2 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 11.4 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 (Villefranche-d'Allier): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villefranche-d'Allier): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villefranche-d'Allier): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmarault): 11.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villefranche-d'Allier): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 64.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TORTEZAIS_SAPC weather station, 6.1 km away at 256 m; the village itself is at 277 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 11.6 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 187 m above 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 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TORTEZAIS_SAPC, 6.1 km away at 256 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 — 03315/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03315/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03315/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03315/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03315
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03186
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
Broût-Vernet	03	39 km SE	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Civaux	86	168 km W	1,210	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Lussac	33	280 km SW	1,151	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Perpezac-le-Noir	19	156 km SW	1,270	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Blainville-Crevon	76	364 km N	1,226	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Villevocance	07	187 km SE	1,165	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Broût-Vernet	03	39 km SE	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Perpezac-le-Noir	19	156 km SW	1,270	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Civaux	86	168 km W	1,210	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Villevocance	07	187 km SE	1,165	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lussac	33	280 km SW	1,151	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Blainville-Crevon	76	364 km N	1,226	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · 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 Villefranche-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
Broût-Vernet	03	39 km SE	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villevocance	07	187 km SE	1,165	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Dignac	16	220 km SW	1,362	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Joze	63	68 km SE	1,183	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sagy	71	189 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villereversure	01	196 km E	1,420	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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