Gimel-les-Cascades

Corrèze · CA Tulle Agglo · INSEE 19085

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 48/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gimel-les-Cascades (INSEE 19085) is in Corrèze (19), part of CA Tulle Agglo. Population 755 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 48/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,015 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	25	0
Social	0.95	20	19
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.65	10	6.53
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (GRAINES DE LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE CHALET · LE CHALET PAUL MOURDIE · LE RELAIS SAINT JACQUES). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GIMEL LES CASCADES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	GRAINES DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE CHALET · LE CHALET PAUL MOURDIE · LE RELAIS SAINT JACQUES	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	GIMEL LES CASCADES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 558 peak 2017: 794 2023: 755 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 737 (2012) → 755 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 655 (1990) → 755 (2023): 15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 474, of which 15.4 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km NEFood shop — 4.1 km NEGP — 6.5 km WPharmacy — 6.5 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 (Saint-Priest-de-Gimel): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Corrèze): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Naves): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Naves): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gimel-les-Cascades): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12

Days at or below 0 °C 39.4

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NAVES weather station, 6.5 km away at 450 m; the village itself is at 460 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NAVES, 6.5 km away at 450 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,254 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BAR, 5.2 km away at 269 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 — 19085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19085
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
Ousson-sur-Loire	45	264 km N	696	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Orist	40	303 km SW	814	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Vaux-et-Chantegrue	25	379 km NE	689	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Neuillay-les-Bois	36	165 km N	660	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lussault-sur-Loire	37	244 km N	886	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Roiffé	86	245 km NW	747	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuillay-les-Bois	36	165 km N	660	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lussault-sur-Loire	37	244 km N	886	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Roiffé	86	245 km NW	747	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ousson-sur-Loire	45	264 km N	696	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Orist	40	303 km SW	814	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Vaux-et-Chantegrue	25	379 km NE	689	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Gimel-les-Cascades'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
Roiffé	86	245 km NW	747	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Porcaro	56	424 km NW	743	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Daon	53	332 km NW	543	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-d'Orques	72	344 km NW	760	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Louans	37	226 km N	709	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Concoret	56	436 km NW	758	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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