Servières-le-Château
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Servières-le-Château (INSEE 19258) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Xaintrie Val'Dordogne. Population 563 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 17,386 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.75 | 10 | 7.48 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.23 | 10 | 2.29 |
| Housing mix | 0.39 | 5 | 1.96 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE GUILLAUMIE). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LES CONTES DE BRUYERES). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE DABERTRAND, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE FARGES, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIEMC SUDER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SERVIERES LE CHATEAU AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE COMMUNALE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE FEYT). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (VAL'HAIR). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · DOMAINE LAC DE FEYT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE GUILLAUMIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 2 | LES CONTES DE BRUYERES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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) | 2 | CHRISTINE DABERTRAND, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE FARGES, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIEMC SUDER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SERVIERES LE CHATEAU AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE COMMUNALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | LAC DE FEYT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | VAL'HAIR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL · DOMAINE LAC DE FEYT | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 666 (2012) → 563 (2023): -15.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 772 (1990) → 563 (2023): -27.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 444, of which 30.4 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Privat): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Privat): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Servières-le-Château): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Servières-le-Château): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Servières-le-Château): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-PRIVAT weather station, 5.8 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 482 m. [10]
The village sits 103 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ARGENTAT, 7.5 km away at 190 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 292 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,339 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-PRIVAT, 5.8 km away at 585 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19258/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19258/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19258/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19258/logement/2023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noyant-d'Allier | 03 | 172 km NE | 602 | 40.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ally | 15 | 24 km E | 594 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coursegoules | 06 | 425 km E | 564 | 48.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Corneilla-de-Conflent | 66 | 287 km S | 527 | 39.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Verteillac | 24 | 132 km W | 547 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine | 63 | 135 km E | 534 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ally | 15 | 24 km E | 594 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verteillac | 24 | 132 km W | 547 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine | 63 | 135 km E | 534 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noyant-d'Allier | 03 | 172 km NE | 602 | 40.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Corneilla-de-Conflent | 66 | 287 km S | 527 | 39.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Coursegoules | 06 | 425 km E | 564 | 48.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · 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 Servières-le-Château'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ally | 15 | 24 km E | 594 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vézelay | 89 | 291 km NE | 476 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gy-en-Sologne | 41 | 248 km N | 475 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Seuil-d'Argonne | 55 | 486 km NE | 530 | 41.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Veurdre | 03 | 197 km NE | 475 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Masseret | 19 | 60 km NW | 678 | 55 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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