Margerides
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Margerides (INSEE 19128) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 271 (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 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 42 % of the 17,546 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.5 | 5 | 2.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU PUY BLANC). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | AUBERGE DU PUY BLANC | 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 277 (2012) → 271 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 233 (1990) → 271 (2023): 16.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 25 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches): 7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sarroux - Saint Julien): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bort-les-Orgues): 9.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Bort-les-Orgues): 9.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Margerides): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the USSEL-THALAMY weather station, 9.1 km away at 740 m; the village itself is at 673 m. [12]
The village sits 67 m below 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 USSEL-THALAMY, 9.1 km away at 740 m, over 10 summers. [12]
That station sits 67 m above 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 1,080 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at USSEL-THALAMY, 9.1 km away at 740 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 — 19128/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19128/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19128/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19128/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19201
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19252
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19028
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19128
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazirat | 03 | 86 km N | 273 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-les-Bois | 18 | 135 km N | 261 | 15 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Les Junies | 46 | 137 km SW | 251 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 % |
| Pierrefitte-ès-Bois | 45 | 229 km N | 282 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 % |
| Jabreilles-les-Bordes | 87 | 93 km NW | 242 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 % |
| Braize | 03 | 136 km N | 259 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 76 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazirat | 03 | 86 km N | 273 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jabreilles-les-Bordes | 87 | 93 km NW | 242 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 % |
| Saint-Pierre-les-Bois | 18 | 135 km N | 261 | 15 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Braize | 03 | 136 km N | 259 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 76 % |
| Les Junies | 46 | 137 km SW | 251 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 % |
| Pierrefitte-ès-Bois | 45 | 229 km N | 282 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 % |
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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 Margerides'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Crouzille | 63 | 85 km N | 262 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Espinasse | 63 | 69 km N | 274 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Frion | 23 | 47 km N | 251 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pazy | 58 | 218 km NE | 293 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos | 19 | 13 km N | 246 | 26.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nouzerines | 23 | 106 km N | 237 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
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