Le Bourg-d'Hem

Creuse · CC du Pays Dunois · INSEE 23029

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bourg-d'Hem (INSEE 23029) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Dunois. Population 226 (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/23029-le-bourg-d-hem

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 16,695 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.31	10	3.13
Housing mix	0.22	5	1.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'HOSTELLERIE DU BOURG D'HEM · ROSEWOOD'S). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
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	2	L'HOSTELLERIE DU BOURG D'HEM · ROSEWOOD'S	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	PLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 361 2023: 226 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 224 (2012) → 226 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 226 (2023): -18.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 242, of which 38.8 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.3 km SEGP — 4.3 km WFood shop — 6.4 km SWPharmacy — 6.4 km SWBakery — 6.9 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 (Bonnat): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bussière-Dunoise): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Celle-Dunoise): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bussière-Dunoise): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Anzême): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BONNAT weather station, 7.2 km away at 382 m; the village itself is at 344 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 12.5 km away at 365 m, over 16 summers. ^[12]

An average of 947 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ANZEME MONTBUT, 5.2 km away at 381 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23036
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23004
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
Curières	12	200 km SE	215	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Pousthomy	12	278 km S	212	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Bessas	07	291 km SE	234	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Compas	23	59 km SE	197	23.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Mévouillon	26	365 km SE	246	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Cernon	39	294 km E	235	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Compas	23	59 km SE	197	23.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Curières	12	200 km SE	215	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Pousthomy	12	278 km S	212	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Bessas	07	291 km SE	234	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cernon	39	294 km E	235	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Mévouillon	26	365 km SE	246	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · 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 Le Bourg-d'Hem'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
Champagnac-la-Noaille	19	111 km S	237	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bazelat	23	23 km W	221	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vaudevant	07	254 km SE	223	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villegenon	18	139 km NE	217	13.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Balledent	87	52 km SW	202	13.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Claudon	88	372 km NE	218	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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