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Lignareix

Corrèze · CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté · INSEE 19114

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

No daily shops 9.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lignareix (INSEE 19114) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 162 (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/19114-lignareix

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 14,666 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 trend0.46104.59
Housing mix0.6953.44

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: 113 peak 1990: 169 2023: 162 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 158 (2012) → 162 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 169 (1990) → 162 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 96, of which 15.6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.8 km SW (Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux)Food shop — 6.6 km S (Ussel)Bakery — 6.9 km S (Ussel)GP — 7.3 km S (Ussel)Pharmacy — 7.4 km S (Ussel)
Primary school — 1.8 km SWFood shop — 6.6 km SBakery — 6.9 km SGP — 7.3 km SPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Ussel): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ussel): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Ussel): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ussel): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux): 1.8 km to the south-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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 102 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the USSEL-LAMARTINE weather station, 6.4 km away at 654 m; the village itself is at 727 m. [10]

The village sits 73 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at USSEL-COUZERGUES, 6.1 km away at 670 m, over 10 summers. [10]

That station sits 57 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 1,129 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at USSEL-LAMARTINE, 6.4 km away at 654 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 78,000 € — 843 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Corrèze is 1,106 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19114/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19114/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19114/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19114/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19275
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19233
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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
Marchemaisons61357 km NW16212.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Guizengeard16190 km W1669.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 71 %
Ayzieu32268 km SW15811.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Georges-d'Annebecq61387 km NW1638.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 16 %
La Celle-sous-Gouzon2367 km N1629.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Thianges58171 km NE1656No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Celle-sous-Gouzon2367 km N1629.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Thianges58171 km NE1656No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Guizengeard16190 km W1669.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 71 %
Ayzieu32268 km SW15811.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Marchemaisons61357 km NW16212.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-d'Annebecq61387 km NW1638.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 16 %

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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 Lignareix'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
Valiergues1915 km S15713.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Alleyrat2343 km N1448.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Gabrias48146 km SE15811.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Silvain-sous-Toulx2373 km N1466.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martial-le-Vieux238.5 km N15014.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Égliseneuve-des-Liards6388 km E15711.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %