Albussac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Albussac (INSEE 19004) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Xaintrie Val'Dordogne. Population 725 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 16,267 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.81 |
| Housing mix | 0.65 | 5 | 3.26 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE D'ALBUSSAC). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LA P'TITE FAMILLE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ALBUSSAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (ALBUSSAC POINT LECTURE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SANDRINE SOCIO COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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) | 1 | LA BOULANGERIE D'ALBUSSAC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| 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 | 3 | LA P'TITE FAMILLE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | 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 | ALBUSSAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | ALBUSSAC POINT LECTURE | 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 | 1 | SANDRINE SOCIO COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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
Population 691 (2012) → 725 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 739 (1990) → 725 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 460, of which 17.4 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Albussac): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Chamant): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Beynat): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Albussac): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ARGENTAT weather station, 8.9 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 423 m. [12]
The village sits 233 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ARGENTAT, 8.9 km away at 190 m, over 29 summers. [12]
That station sits 233 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,145 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ARGENTAT, 8.9 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19004/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19004/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19004/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19004/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19004
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19192
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19098
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicq-sur-Gartempe | 86 | 191 km NW | 658 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 28 % · humidity 79 % |
| Torcé-Viviers-en-Charnie | 53 | 366 km NW | 768 | 43.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 55 % |
| Crevant | 36 | 150 km N | 705 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Talizat | 15 | 95 km E | 592 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verrières-en-Forez | 42 | 176 km E | 731 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 % |
| Moncrabeau | 47 | 169 km SW | 745 | 33.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 38 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talizat | 15 | 95 km E | 592 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Crevant | 36 | 150 km N | 705 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moncrabeau | 47 | 169 km SW | 745 | 33.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 38 % |
| Verrières-en-Forez | 42 | 176 km E | 731 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vicq-sur-Gartempe | 86 | 191 km NW | 658 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 28 % · humidity 79 % |
| Torcé-Viviers-en-Charnie | 53 | 366 km NW | 768 | 43.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 55 % |
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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 Albussac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanvensa | 12 | 96 km S | 643 | 34.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-Civry | 71 | 231 km NE | 457 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Nayrac | 12 | 87 km SE | 555 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lunac | 12 | 103 km S | 435 | 26.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vendenesse-lès-Charolles | 71 | 242 km NE | 729 | 32.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lassouts | 12 | 109 km SE | 318 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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