Voussac

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03319

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Voussac (INSEE 03319) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 494 (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/03319-voussac

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,795 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.74	10	7.35
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE VOUSSAC). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES BROSSES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VOUSSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE VOUSSAC	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES BROSSES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 680 2023: 494 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 464 (2012) → 494 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 400 (1990) → 494 (2023): 23.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 345, of which 13.6 % second homes and 20.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 6.5 km WFood shop — 7.8 km WBakery — 8.5 km WPharmacy — 8.6 km W 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 (Montmarault): 8.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montmarault): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montmarault): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmarault): 8.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Voussac): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 51.6

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTMARAULT weather station, 8.6 km away at 464 m; the village itself is at 461 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 8.6 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TARGET, 4.1 km away at 418 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 — 03319/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03319/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03319/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03319/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03319
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
Jenzat	03	21 km SE	517	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chenevelles	86	190 km W	435	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Vignols	19	171 km SW	536	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Plottes	71	140 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Paudy	36	118 km NW	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villequiers	18	85 km N	437	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jenzat	03	21 km SE	517	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villequiers	18	85 km N	437	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Paudy	36	118 km NW	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Plottes	71	140 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vignols	19	171 km SW	536	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Chenevelles	86	190 km W	435	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Voussac'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
Plottes	71	140 km E	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Paudy	36	118 km NW	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villequiers	18	85 km N	437	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu-sur-Oudon	53	359 km NW	483	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Échouboulains	77	238 km N	555	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Coudrecieux	72	261 km NW	636	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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