Varetz
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Varetz (INSEE 19278) is in Corrèze (19), part of CA du Bassin de Brive. Population 2,409 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/19278-varetz
Vitality score
Vitality score 51.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 72 % of the 8,462 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.66 | 20 | 13.11 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.01 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COUSINOU). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (MICHEL MOUNIER ET COMPAGNIE · COMME A LA MAISON · L AMI RAIL · LA ROTISSERIE D'OLIVIER · O DELICES DE MYMA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA CALECHE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE PLISSON-KARAM, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL FERAND, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BEAUDUFE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VARETZ LPA AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VARETZ). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (TERRAIN DES ECOLES). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (CARINE COIFFURE · AU MIROIR DORE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
3 × Hotel (LA COLONIALE · CHATEAU DE CASTEL NOVEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | COUSINOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | MICHEL MOUNIER ET COMPAGNIE · COMME A LA MAISON · L AMI RAIL · LA ROTISSERIE D'OLIVIER · O DELICES DE MYMA | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LA CALECHE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | LAURENCE PLISSON-KARAM, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL FERAND, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE BEAUDUFE | 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 | VARETZ LPA AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VARETZ | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | TERRAIN DES ECOLES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | CARINE COIFFURE · AU MIROIR DORE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 3 | LA COLONIALE · CHATEAU DE CASTEL NOVEL | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,297 (2012) → 2,409 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,851 (1990) → 2,409 (2023): 30.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,147, of which 2 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Varetz): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Varetz): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Varetz): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Varetz): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Varetz): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BRIVE weather station, 5.4 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 102 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BRIVE, 5.4 km away at 115 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 896 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BRIVE, 5.4 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19278/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19278/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19278/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19278/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 19278
- 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-Brandan | 22 | 484 km NW | 2,317 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
| Riaillé | 44 | 334 km NW | 2,365 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lubersac | 19 | 28 km N | 2,246 | 59.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 292 km SW | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 14 % |
| Bouvron | 44 | 354 km NW | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 % |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 358 km NW | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubersac | 19 | 28 km N | 2,246 | 59.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 292 km SW | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 14 % |
| Riaillé | 44 | 334 km NW | 2,365 | 58.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bouvron | 44 | 354 km NW | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 % |
| La Chapelle-Launay | 44 | 358 km NW | 3,270 | 40.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Brandan | 22 | 484 km NW | 2,317 | 50.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Varetz'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-Genix-les-Villages | 73 | 330 km E | 3,095 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sigoulès-et-Flaugeac | 24 | 95 km SW | 1,280 | 48.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Donzenac | 19 | 6.8 km NE | 2,733 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Fousseret | 31 | 215 km S | 1,863 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chatte | 38 | 301 km E | 2,518 | 60.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méreau | 18 | 224 km N | 2,632 | 48.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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