Mornay-sur-Allier

Cher · CC les Trois Provinces · INSEE 18155

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

Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mornay-sur-Allier (INSEE 18155) is in Cher (18), part of CC les Trois Provinces. Population 413 (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/18155-mornay-sur-allier

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,970 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.15
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MORNAYSIENNE LA P'TITE EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1	LA MORNAYSIENNE LA P'TITE EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	MORNAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 438 peak 2007: 450 2023: 413 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 424 (2012) → 413 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 407 (1990) → 413 (2023): 1.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 15.4 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.0 km SEGP — 6.9 km SEPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Livry): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mornay-sur-Allier): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Veurdre): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.1

Days at or below 0 °C 64.9

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SANCOINS weather station, 8 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[12]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SANCOINS, 8 km away at 203 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

39 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 70,000 € — 575 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Cher is 956 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58264
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03309
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Tournemire	12	317 km S	413	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 77 %
Mouchan	32	388 km SW	376	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 54 %
Nitry	89	115 km NE	372	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 69 %
Les Sièges	89	156 km N	439	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Le Plan	31	433 km S	441	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Le Cloître-Pleyben	29	543 km W	502	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 45 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nitry	89	115 km NE	372	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 69 %
Les Sièges	89	156 km N	439	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Tournemire	12	317 km S	413	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 77 %
Mouchan	32	388 km SW	376	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 54 %
Le Plan	31	433 km S	441	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Le Cloître-Pleyben	29	543 km W	502	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 45 %

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Elsewhere

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