Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau

Corrèze · CC de Ventadour - Egletons - Monédières · INSEE 19225

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

No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau (INSEE 19225) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC de Ventadour - Egletons - Monédières. Population 205 (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 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 16,110 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.14
Housing mix	0.11	5	0.57

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAIRIE DE SAINT-MERD-DE-LAPLEAU). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PETIT BOIS). ^[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. ^[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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAIRIE DE SAINT-MERD-DE-LAPLEAU	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	1	CAMPING LE PETIT BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 292 2023: 205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 188 (2012) → 205 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 205 (2023): 31.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 44.3 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 4.4 km NWFood shop — 4.5 km NWPrimary school — 4.6 km NWGP — 9.3 km EPharmacy — 13.3 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 (Marcillac-la-Croisille): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcillac-la-Croisille): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Soursac): 9.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Privat): 13.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marcillac-la-Croisille): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60.2

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARCILLAC weather station, 4.5 km away at 598 m; the village itself is at 584 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,333 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARCILLAC, 4.5 km away at 598 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 — 19225/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19225/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19225/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19225/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19125
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19264
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19237
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
Saint-Prix	71	243 km NE	201	7.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %
Les Vastres	43	173 km E	192	4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 49 %
Rauret	43	143 km E	202	10.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Bonnet-le-Bourg	63	121 km E	186	7.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 53 %
Rochecolombe	07	203 km SE	227	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias	07	201 km E	195	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bonnet-le-Bourg	63	121 km E	186	7.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 53 %
Rauret	43	143 km E	202	10.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 54 %
Les Vastres	43	173 km E	192	4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias	07	201 km E	195	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 43 %
Rochecolombe	07	203 km SE	227	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Prix	71	243 km NE	201	7.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %

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