Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 8.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle (INSEE 19189) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Xaintrie Val'Dordogne. Population 41 (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 8.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 3,513 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.05 | 10 | 0.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.09 | 5 | 0.47 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (PIZZA D'AILLEURS). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
| 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 | PIZZA D'AILLEURS | 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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
Population 47 (2012) → 41 (2023): -12.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 74 (1990) → 41 (2023): -44.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 53, of which 45.3 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Goulles): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Privat): 9.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Servières-le-Château): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Servières-le-Château): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Goulles): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-PRIVAT weather station, 9.2 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 477 m. [11]
The village sits 108 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ARGENTAT, 10.8 km away at 190 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 287 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,339 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-PRIVAT, 9.2 km away at 585 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19189/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19189/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19189/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19189/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19237
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19258
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Frasnée | 39 | 335 km NE | 41 | 15 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aspin-Aure | 65 | 274 km SW | 43 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valouse | 26 | 256 km E | 41 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bourguet | 83 | 381 km E | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sentenac-de-Sérou | 09 | 238 km S | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Riboux | 83 | 353 km SE | 51 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentenac-de-Sérou | 09 | 238 km S | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valouse | 26 | 256 km E | 41 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aspin-Aure | 65 | 274 km SW | 43 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Frasnée | 39 | 335 km NE | 41 | 15 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Riboux | 83 | 353 km SE | 51 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Bourguet | 83 | 381 km E | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · 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 Saint-Bonnet-les-Tours-de-Merle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu-en-Argonne | 55 | 497 km NE | 37 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lichères-sur-Yonne | 89 | 296 km NE | 49 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rochefort-sur-Brévon | 21 | 361 km NE | 42 | 2.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Authiou | 58 | 267 km NE | 41 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Didier | 58 | 281 km NE | 30 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gatuzières | 48 | 148 km SE | 52 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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