Bussière-Dunoise

Identity

Bussière-Dunoise (INSEE 23036) is in Creuse (23), part of CA du Grand Guéret. Population 1,040 (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/23036-bussiere-dunoise

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 14,093 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.

Services

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ATELIER DU VIAND'ART). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BONNIN). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BUSSIERE DUNOISE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BUSSIÈRE DUNOISE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LA COIFFE DE BERE). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA VERGNE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,050 (2012) → 1,040 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,139 (1990) → 1,040 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 882, of which 25.3 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Vaury): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bussière-Dunoise): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Celle-Dunoise): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bussière-Dunoise): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bussière-Dunoise): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DUN LE PALESTEL weather station, 9.9 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 418 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 9.9 km away at 365 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 53 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 1,047 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUSSIERE-DUNOISE, 0.7 km away at 390 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 — 23036/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23036/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23036/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23036/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23247
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23036
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23039
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024