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Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos

Corrèze · CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté · INSEE 19199

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

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos (INSEE 19199) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 246 (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/19199-saint-etienne-aux-clos

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,149 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.74107.42
Housing mix0.5452.72

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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BONNIERE YVETTE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Restaurant1BONNIERE YVETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 278 2023: 246 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 223 (2012) → 246 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 198 (1990) → 246 (2023): 24.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 184, of which 22.8 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 8.4 km NE (Messeix)GP — 8.8 km N (Merlines)Pharmacy — 8.8 km N (Merlines)Food shop — 9.9 km NE (Messeix)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 8.4 km NEGP — 8.8 km NPharmacy — 8.8 km NFood shop — 9.9 km NE 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 (Messeix): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Messeix): 9.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Merlines): 8.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Merlines): 8.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the USSEL-THALAMY weather station, 4.5 km away at 740 m; the village itself is at 771 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at USSEL-THALAMY, 4.5 km away at 740 m, over 10 summers. [11]

An average of 1,080 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at USSEL-THALAMY, 4.5 km away at 740 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19199/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19199/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19199/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19199/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63225
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19134
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19199
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Suze26227 km E24529.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Dracy89251 km N23625Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Carelles53404 km NW24620.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Nouzerines2395 km N23724.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bilhac1988 km SW24225.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Paizay-le-Chapt79212 km W25825Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bilhac1988 km SW24225.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Nouzerines2395 km N23724.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Paizay-le-Chapt79212 km W25825Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Suze26227 km E24529.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Dracy89251 km N23625Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Carelles53404 km NW24620.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 32 % · 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 Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos'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
Nouzerines2395 km N23724.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort198.0 km SW18824.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Margerides1913 km S27118.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Meaux-la-Montagne69161 km E22320.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Toulx-Sainte-Croix2382 km N25215.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mussy-sous-Dun71163 km NE32726.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %