Mercœur

Corrèze · CC Xaintrie Val'Dordogne · INSEE 19133

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercœur (INSEE 19133) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Xaintrie Val'Dordogne. Population 228 (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 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 16,725 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.21	10	2.06
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (MASSALVE YVONNE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE LA MAISON DU DÉPARTEMENT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	MASSALVE YVONNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	MERCOEUR AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE LA MAISON DU DÉPARTEMENT	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 441 2023: 228 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 255 (2012) → 228 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 323 (1990) → 228 (2023): -29.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 19.7 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km NBakery — 7.0 km NPharmacy — 7.0 km SFood shop — 7.9 km N 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 (Monceaux-sur-Dordogne): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Argentat-sur-Dordogne): 7.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chapelle-Saint-Géraud): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Laval-de-Cère): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Mercœur): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 63.4

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CAMPS weather station, 4.7 km away at 519 m; the village itself is at 521 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ARGENTAT, 9.6 km away at 190 m, over 29 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 331 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,401 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MERCOEUR, 0.6 km away at 478 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19133/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19133/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19133/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19133/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19133
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
Murat	03	172 km NE	264	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lascelle	15	49 km E	260	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Aigueperse	69	239 km NE	235	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Pomarède	11	179 km S	188	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %
Calanhel	22	562 km NW	245	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Floret	63	108 km NE	243	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lascelle	15	49 km E	260	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Floret	63	108 km NE	243	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Murat	03	172 km NE	264	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Pomarède	11	179 km S	188	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 34 % · humidity 50 %
Aigueperse	69	239 km NE	235	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Calanhel	22	562 km NW	245	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Mercœur'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
Aigueperse	69	239 km NE	235	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Floret	63	108 km NE	243	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mortroux	23	154 km N	277	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bétête	23	150 km N	389	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Manlay	21	299 km NE	199	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Nocle-Maulaix	58	241 km NE	267	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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