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Augères

Creuse · CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg · INSEE 23010

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 6.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Augères (INSEE 23010) is in Creuse (23), part of CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg. Population 117 (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/23010-augeres

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 11,932 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.3103.01
Housing mix0.4752.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 254 2023: 117 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 128 (2012) → 117 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 146 (1990) → 117 (2023): -19.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 26.6 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.4 km W (Aulon)Bakery — 4.1 km E (Azat-Châtenet)Primary school — 4.3 km N (Montaigut-le-Blanc)Pharmacy — 6.3 km S (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud)GP — 9.1 km NW (Bénévent-l'Abbaye)
Food shop — 3.4 km WBakery — 4.1 km EPrimary school — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 6.3 km SGP — 9.1 km NW 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 (Azat-Châtenet): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aulon): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bénévent-l'Abbaye): 9.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Montaigut-le-Blanc): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [12]

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the BENEVENT_SAPC weather station, 9.2 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 455 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at GUERET-GRANCHER, 13.4 km away at 546 m, over 17 summers. [13]

That station sits 91 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 1,009 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at BENEVENT_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23010/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23010/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23010/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23010/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23014
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23011
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23021
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23189
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23132
  13. 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
Corvol-d'Embernard58185 km NE11710.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Tardes2348 km E1196No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Amand-le-Petit8735 km S1155.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Serre-Bussière-Vieille2345 km E1209No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Aunay61332 km N1165.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Lachapelle82244 km S1198.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 97 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Amand-le-Petit8735 km S1155.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Serre-Bussière-Vieille2345 km E1209No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Tardes2348 km E1196No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Corvol-d'Embernard58185 km NE11710.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lachapelle82244 km S1198.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Germain-d'Aunay61332 km N1165.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %

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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 Augères'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
Saint-Amand-le-Petit8735 km S1155.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Boux-sous-Salmaise21270 km NE1245.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Corbon61277 km N1119.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Heudreville-en-Lieuvin27358 km N11710No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Augne8733 km S1268No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Hareng27351 km N11914.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %