Bellegarde-en-Marche

Creuse · CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine · INSEE 23020

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellegarde-en-Marche (INSEE 23020) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 355 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 18,079 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.35
Housing mix	0.4	5	1.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAIN ET COMPAGNIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BELLEGARDE EN MARCHE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	2	PAIN ET COMPAGNIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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]
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 MUNICIPALE DE BELLEGARDE EN MARCHE	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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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

1968: 413 peak 2007: 432 2023: 355 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 398 (2012) → 355 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 425 (1990) → 355 (2023): -16.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 291, of which 30.2 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 9.1 km WPharmacy — 10.2 km W 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 (Bellegarde-en-Marche): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bellegarde-en-Marche): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aubusson): 9.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aubusson): 10.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bellegarde-en-Marche): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 59.1

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LUPERSAT_SAPC weather station, 7.6 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 596 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FELLETIN, 14.1 km away at 635 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 941 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUPERSAT_SAPC, 7.6 km away at 610 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 — 23020/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23020/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23020/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23020/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23020
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23008
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
Fontenoy	89	201 km N	305	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Malviès	11	319 km S	361	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Martin-de-Lenne	12	180 km S	340	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-des-Ollières	63	96 km SE	459	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Béage	07	190 km SE	254	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat	19	64 km SW	327	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat	19	64 km SW	327	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Jean-des-Ollières	63	96 km SE	459	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Lenne	12	180 km S	340	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Le Béage	07	190 km SE	254	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenoy	89	201 km N	305	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Malviès	11	319 km S	361	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Bellegarde-en-Marche'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-Jean-des-Ollières	63	96 km SE	459	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lesmont	10	316 km NE	298	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Trambly	71	177 km E	394	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Charroux	03	71 km E	335	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bouhy	58	180 km N	410	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Prez-sous-Lafauche	52	352 km NE	276	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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