Azerables

Creuse · CC du Pays Sostranien · INSEE 23015

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Azerables (INSEE 23015) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Sostranien. Population 804 (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/23015-azerables

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 15,622 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.5	20	9.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.29	10	2.89
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ L'BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL BY CASINO). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (FERRIS PHILIP · SAS LA NONNA · LE DESIRABLE · SAS ETAVE&CIE · CHEZ VENINO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AZÉRABLES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LYSALIDE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ L'BOULANGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL BY CASINO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	5	FERRIS PHILIP · SAS LA NONNA · LE DESIRABLE · SAS ETAVE&CIE · CHEZ VENINO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AZÉRABLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LYSALIDE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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

1968: 1,258 2023: 804 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 902 (2012) → 804 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,019 (1990) → 804 (2023): -21.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 600, of which 26.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km WPharmacy — 5.9 km NEGP — 6.0 km NE 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 (Azerables): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Azerables): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sébastien): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sébastien): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Azerables): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.4

Days at or below 0 °C 42

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA SOUTERRAINE weather station, 12.5 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 326 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA SOUTERRAINE, 12.5 km away at 370 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,027 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA SOUTERRAINE, 12.5 km away at 370 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 — 23015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23239
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-Saud-Lacoussière	24	104 km SW	820	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Arnac-la-Poste	87	13 km SW	902	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud	23	41 km SE	1,143	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Crevant	36	39 km NE	705	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Augerolles	63	180 km E	862	50	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sornin-Leulac	87	22 km SW	564	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arnac-la-Poste	87	13 km SW	902	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sornin-Leulac	87	22 km SW	564	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Crevant	36	39 km NE	705	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud	23	41 km SE	1,143	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saud-Lacoussière	24	104 km SW	820	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Augerolles	63	180 km E	862	50	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · 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 Azerables'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
Arnac-la-Poste	87	13 km SW	902	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud	23	41 km SE	1,143	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sornin-Leulac	87	22 km SW	564	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lussac-les-Églises	87	23 km W	462	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sébastien	23	6.1 km NE	612	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dournazac	87	92 km SW	672	56.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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