Banize
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Banize (INSEE 23016) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 183 (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/23016-banize
Vitality score
Vitality score 9.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 15,401 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.28 |
| Housing mix | 0.11 | 5 | 0.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 174 (2012) → 183 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 149 (1990) → 183 (2023): 22.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 155, of which 44.5 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fransèches): 11.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vallière): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Vallière): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Vallière): 3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VALLIERES weather station, 3.7 km away at 560 m; the village itself is at 534 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FELLETIN, 15.7 km away at 635 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 101 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 1,162 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VALLIERES, 3.7 km away at 560 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 — 23016/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23016/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23016/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23016/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23257
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23246
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grèzes | 43 | 162 km SE | 182 | 1.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mounes-Prohencoux | 12 | 248 km S | 193 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Hamel | 27 | 347 km N | 193 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 % |
| Anthien | 58 | 203 km NE | 173 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nadaillac-de-Rouge | 46 | 129 km S | 180 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Balaguier-d'Olt | 12 | 157 km S | 179 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadaillac-de-Rouge | 46 | 129 km S | 180 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Balaguier-d'Olt | 12 | 157 km S | 179 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 79 % |
| Grèzes | 43 | 162 km SE | 182 | 1.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anthien | 58 | 203 km NE | 173 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mounes-Prohencoux | 12 | 248 km S | 193 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Hamel | 27 | 347 km N | 193 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 % |
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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 Banize'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurel | 84 | 336 km SE | 190 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auzers | 15 | 82 km SE | 159 | 1.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montlainsia | 39 | 274 km E | 209 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lorcières | 15 | 147 km SE | 162 | 2.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trémouille | 15 | 81 km SE | 167 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Dizier-la-Tour | 23 | 27 km NE | 178 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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