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Seilhac

Corrèze · CA Tulle Agglo · INSEE 19255

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 60.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Seilhac (INSEE 19255) is in Corrèze (19), part of CA Tulle Agglo. Population 1,805 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/19255-seilhac

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 10,279 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 food0.572514.21
Social0.72014.09
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.67106.72
Housing mix0.7553.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 2 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BESSE SARL · PATISSERIE CHARBONNEL · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DES ETANGS · AUX DELICES SEILHACOIS · MAISON JULIEN). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE - CHARCUTERIE CARAMINOT - COUDERT). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CAFE DE L'HORLOGE · J H L). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA SOURCE · LA CASA). [4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ARMANDE BAUDRY ARMANDE BAUDRY). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LEA SEVE, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC LAGRAFEUIL, MÉDECIN · FABIEN GIRE, MÉDECIN · HATIM MANSOURALY, MÉDECIN · EMILIE PASSERIEUX, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PERRIER). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE BOURNAZEL). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (AUDREY COIFFURE · SARL SC AC). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RELAIS DES MONEDIERES). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC DE BOURNAZEL). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)5BESSE SARL · PATISSERIE CHARBONNEL · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DES ETANGS · AUX DELICES SEILHACOIS · MAISON JULIENINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE - CHARCUTERIE CARAMINOT - COUDERTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1SUPER UINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3CAFE DE L'HORLOGE · J H LINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar2LA SOURCE · LA CASAINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE ARMANDE BAUDRY ARMANDE BAUDRYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5LEA SEVE, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC LAGRAFEUIL, MÉDECIN · FABIEN GIRE, MÉDECIN · HATIM MANSOURALY, MÉDECIN · EMILIE PASSERIEUX, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1SELARL PERRIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1HALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool1LAC DE BOURNAZELINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank1CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser2AUDREY COIFFURE · SARL SC ACINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1HOTEL RELAIS DES MONEDIERESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DU LAC DE BOURNAZELINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,247 2023: 1,805 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,701 (2012) → 1,805 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,540 (1990) → 1,805 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,071, of which 12.4 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.6 km E (Seilhac)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 km E 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 (Seilhac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Seilhac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Seilhac): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Seilhac): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Seilhac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NAVES weather station, 6.9 km away at 450 m; the village itself is at 487 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at NAVES, 6.9 km away at 450 m, over 22 summers. [10]

An average of 1,193 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NAVES, 6.9 km away at 450 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19255/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/fe1cb4a4-5270-3379-b50e-41fa3ba38a2a— “Marché”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19255/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19255/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19255/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19255
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lurcy-Lévis03179 km NE1,82148.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Luzy58235 km NE2,00667.2ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Symphorien33203 km SW1,87855.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Pont-de-Salars12145 km SE1,62354Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Hauterives26259 km E1,90458.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plouzévédé29569 km NW1,89760.6ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pont-de-Salars12145 km SE1,62354Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Lurcy-Lévis03179 km NE1,82148.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien33203 km SW1,87855.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Luzy58235 km NE2,00667.2ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Hauterives26259 km E1,90458.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Plouzévédé29569 km NW1,89760.6ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · 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 Seilhac'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
Charleval27446 km N1,70159.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bouloire72303 km N2,12754.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Henrichemont18224 km N1,72157.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Avize51437 km NE1,74250.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-Bocage80517 km N1,54561ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bollezeele59613 km N1,44557.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %