Tarnac

Corrèze · CC Vézère-Monédières-Millesources · INSEE 19265

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

No daily shops 15.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tarnac (INSEE 19265) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Vézère-Monédières-Millesources. Population 333 (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/19265-tarnac

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,999 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.26
Housing mix	0.15	5	0.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARMAND GATTI). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE CAMPING). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL L'ENCLOSE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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]
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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	TARNAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARMAND GATTI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE DE CAMPING	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	HOTEL DES VOYAGEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL L'ENCLOSE	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: 546 2023: 333 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 315 (2012) → 333 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 403 (1990) → 333 (2023): -17.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 408, of which 42.6 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.8 km NPharmacy — 7.8 km NGP — 8.5 km EFood shop — 8.7 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 (Faux-la-Montagne): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Peyrelevade): 8.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Peyrelevade): 8.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Faux-la-Montagne): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tarnac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 94.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 95 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUGEAT weather station, 8.8 km away at 694 m; the village itself is at 704 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PEYRELEVADE, 9 km away at 827 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 123 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,547 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUGEAT, 8.8 km away at 694 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 — 19265/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19265/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19265/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19265/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19265
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
La Chapelle-Agnon	63	132 km E	361	15.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrazac	24	76 km W	363	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Ars	23	37 km N	239	17.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-la-Méanne	19	57 km S	351	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Izaire	12	199 km S	314	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Gavaudun	47	150 km SW	302	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ars	23	37 km N	239	17.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-la-Méanne	19	57 km S	351	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrazac	24	76 km W	363	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Agnon	63	132 km E	361	15.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Gavaudun	47	150 km SW	302	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Izaire	12	199 km S	314	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 36 % · 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 Tarnac'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
Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois	23	47 km N	275	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Devesset	07	203 km E	310	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Davignac	19	25 km SE	235	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat	63	66 km NE	358	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Flayat	23	35 km E	296	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fournols	63	129 km E	313	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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