Villeneuve-sur-Allier

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03316

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

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villeneuve-sur-Allier (INSEE 03316) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 1,024 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03316-villeneuve-sur-allier

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 14,153 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.55
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

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

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT SCANDALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE CHENE ET LE ROSEAU). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE MASSON, MÉDECIN · BENOIT LOCTOR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TARDIF MARECHAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLENEUVE SUR ALLIER AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE VILLENEUVE-SUR-ALLIER). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LOMBARDO STEFFI). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	M.P	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE P'TIT SCANDALE	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE CHENE ET LE ROSEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MARIE MASSON, MÉDECIN · BENOIT LOCTOR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE TARDIF MARECHAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VILLENEUVE SUR ALLIER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE VILLENEUVE-SUR-ALLIER	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	2	LOMBARDO STEFFI	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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 877 peak 2017: 1,071 2023: 1,024 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,024 (2012) → 1,024 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 971 (1990) → 1,024 (2023): 5.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 513, of which 1.8 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 7.7 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 (Villeneuve-sur-Allier): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Avermes): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Villeneuve-sur-Allier): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-sur-Allier): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villeneuve-sur-Allier): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 59

Muggy days a summer 2

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the YZEURE weather station, 12.2 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NEUVY, 12.7 km away at 257 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLENEUVE, 0.7 km away at 223 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 — 03316/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9a9ac5d9-0542-3017-98eb-b52ae6419b12— “Marché local”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03316/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03316/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03316/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03013
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
Verzenay	51	286 km N	991	53	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Hiersac	16	273 km SW	1,142	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Estrée-Blanche	62	443 km N	913	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Mars-la-Tour	54	335 km NE	875	52	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Tillé	60	323 km N	1,258	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Branne	33	335 km SW	1,296	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hiersac	16	273 km SW	1,142	44	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Verzenay	51	286 km N	991	53	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Tillé	60	323 km N	1,258	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mars-la-Tour	54	335 km NE	875	52	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Branne	33	335 km SW	1,296	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Estrée-Blanche	62	443 km N	913	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · 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 Villeneuve-sur-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
Mont-sous-Vaudrey	39	183 km E	1,309	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beauregard-l'Évêque	63	94 km S	1,586	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villefagnan	16	254 km W	972	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ainay-le-Château	03	43 km W	989	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Bridoire	73	230 km SE	1,202	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière	69	142 km SE	1,312	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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