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Bord-Saint-Georges

Creuse · CC Creuse Confluence · INSEE 23026

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bord-Saint-Georges (INSEE 23026) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 368 (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/23026-bord-saint-georges

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 18,024 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.57105.73
Housing mix0.5252.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHAT QUI PETE). [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BORD SAINT GEORGES AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BORD SAINT GEORGES AGENCE POSTALE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1LE CHAT QUI PETEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1BORD SAINT GEORGES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BORD SAINT GEORGES AGENCE POSTALEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 568 2023: 368 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 361 (2012) → 368 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 343 (1990) → 368 (2023): 7.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 295, of which 24.1 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.4 km N (Soumans)Food shop — 4.4 km N (Soumans)Pharmacy — 8.7 km SW (Gouzon)GP — 8.8 km SW (Gouzon)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km NFood shop — 4.4 km NPharmacy — 8.7 km SWGP — 8.8 km SW 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 (Soumans): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Soumans): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Gouzon): 8.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Gouzon): 8.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bord-Saint-Georges): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GOUZON weather station, 9.1 km away at 378 m; the village itself is at 454 m. [11]

The village sits 76 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BOUSSAC_SAPC, 10.5 km away at 380 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 74 m below 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 825 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at GOUZON, 9.1 km away at 378 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23026/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23026/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23026/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23026/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23174
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23093
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23026
  11. 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
Parlan15160 km S47541.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Villossanges6347 km SE35924.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Eyburie19103 km SW48633.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Condat-en-Combraille6350 km SE41336.2Few servicesno figures
Ladapeyre2319 km W36033.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Concots46213 km S42048.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ladapeyre2319 km W36033.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Villossanges6347 km SE35924.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Condat-en-Combraille6350 km SE41336.2Few servicesno figures
Eyburie19103 km SW48633.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Parlan15160 km S47541.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Concots46213 km S42048.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bord-Saint-Georges'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
Millay58145 km NE44042Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lussat239.3 km S41628.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Menet15110 km S52128.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Charensat6340 km SE47036Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bresson70365 km NE41722.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viscomtat63117 km SE50130Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %