Ayen

Corrèze · CA du Bassin de Brive · INSEE 19015

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

Partly served 50.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ayen (INSEE 19015) is in Corrèze (19), part of CA du Bassin de Brive. Population 717 (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/19015-ayen

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 16,295 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.55	10	5.51
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.48

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 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) (BOULANGERIE DES REMPARTS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS D'AYEN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIONEL GRANDEMANGE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES REMPARTS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MICHEL PEYRAMAURE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'INSTANT BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

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)	1	BOULANGERIE DES REMPARTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	UTIL	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	2	LE RELAIS D'AYEN	INSEE BPE 2 / 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 PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LIONEL GRANDEMANGE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES REMPARTS	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	AYEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MICHEL PEYRAMAURE	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	L'INSTANT BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 733 2023: 717 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 724 (2012) → 717 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 682 (1990) → 717 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 535, of which 25.2 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Ayen): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ayen): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ayen): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ayen): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ayen): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.2

Days at or below 0 °C 88.5

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VOUTEZAC weather station, 7.8 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 306 m. ^[9]

The village sits 182 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VOUTEZAC, 7.8 km away at 124 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 182 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AYEN, 0.2 km away at 322 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19015
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
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	139 km SE	709	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 11 %
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse	11	264 km SE	753	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 8 % · humidity 29 %
Châteldon	63	189 km NE	740	47	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Adriers	86	120 km N	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Cuxac-Cabardès	11	222 km S	947	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Clelles	38	341 km E	596	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Adriers	86	120 km N	698	46.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Sauveterre-de-Rouergue	12	139 km SE	709	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 11 %
Châteldon	63	189 km NE	740	47	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Cuxac-Cabardès	11	222 km S	947	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse	11	264 km SE	753	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 8 % · humidity 29 %
Clelles	38	341 km E	596	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · 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 Ayen'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
Clelles	38	341 km E	596	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Amance	70	460 km NE	669	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Baerenthal	57	625 km NE	734	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Combeaufontaine	70	444 km NE	571	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saignes	15	91 km E	835	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour	19	38 km E	928	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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