Sornac

Identity

Sornac (INSEE 19261) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 776 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/19261-sornac

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,823 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FREITAS DE SOUSA PASCALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA P'TITE FABRIC). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU PETIT CHABROT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SORNACOIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES LOUTRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SORNAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SORNAC). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE SORNAC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 837 (2012) → 776 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 972 (1990) → 776 (2023): -20.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 523, of which 31.9 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sornac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sornac): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Courtine): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Courtine): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sornac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PEYRELEVADE weather station, 11.2 km away at 827 m; the village itself is at 714 m. ^[10]

The village sits 113 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 PEYRELEVADE, 11.2 km away at 827 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 113 m above 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 1,169 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-LAV., 5.8 km away at 684 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 — 19261/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19261/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19261/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19261/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 19261
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23067
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024