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Couffy-sur-Sarsonne

Corrèze · CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté · INSEE 19064

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 5.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couffy-sur-Sarsonne (INSEE 19064) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 72 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/19064-couffy-sur-sarsonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 5.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 7,639 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.31103.09
Housing mix0.3851.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 119 2023: 72 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 75 (2012) → 72 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 89 (1990) → 72 (2023): -19.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 58, of which 31 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.0 km W (Saint-Rémy)Pharmacy — 7.3 km NW (La Courtine)Food shop — 7.4 km NW (La Courtine)GP — 7.4 km NW (La Courtine)Bakery — 7.6 km NW (La Courtine)
Primary school — 5.0 km WPharmacy — 7.3 km NWFood shop — 7.4 km NWGP — 7.4 km NWBakery — 7.6 km NW 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 (La Courtine): 7.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Courtine): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (La Courtine): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Courtine): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Rémy): 5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MERLINES weather station, 10.9 km away at 728 m; the village itself is at 751 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at USSEL-COUZERGUES, 12.1 km away at 670 m, over 10 summers. [10]

That station sits 81 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MERLINES, 10.9 km away at 728 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19064/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19064/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19064/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19064/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23067
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19238
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont14483 km NW726.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Bussière-Nouvelle2340 km N733.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Lespugue31301 km SW756.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 22 % · humidity 57 %
Castex32301 km SW756.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Martin-la-Patrouille71199 km NE689No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Charmensac1577 km SE713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bussière-Nouvelle2340 km N733.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 %
Charmensac1577 km SE713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-la-Patrouille71199 km NE689No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Castex32301 km SW756.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 0 %
Lespugue31301 km SW756.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 22 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont14483 km NW726.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · 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 Couffy-sur-Sarsonne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chavagnac1571 km SE884.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Landeyrat1560 km SE843.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Girgols1570 km S705.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Courteix192.0 km S638.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montagagne09308 km S8214.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lamazière-Haute195.0 km E656.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %