La Cellette

Creuse · CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche · INSEE 23041

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

Few services 22.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Cellette (INSEE 23041) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche. Population 266 (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/23041-la-cellette

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,491 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.28	10	2.82
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.26

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA TOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES BANCS PUBLICS). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CELLETTE LPR RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	AUBERGE DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES BANCS PUBLICS	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	1	LA CELLETTE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 576 2023: 266 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 270 (2012) → 266 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 340 (1990) → 266 (2023): -21.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 27.4 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.2 km NEPrimary school — 5.5 km WGP — 5.7 km SPharmacy — 5.7 km SBakery — 10.2 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 (Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre): 10.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sazeray): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Genouillac): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Genouillac): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Moutier-Malcard): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.8

Days at or below 0 °C 67.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GENOUILLAC weather station, 6 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 346 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GENOUILLAC, 6 km away at 306 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GENOUILLAC, 6 km away at 306 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 — 23041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23139
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
Mailhac-sur-Benaize	87	53 km W	278	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Tillac	32	353 km SW	281	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
La Chapelle-Montbrandeix	87	123 km SW	263	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Girmont-Val-d'Ajol	88	384 km NE	264	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Pleuville	16	122 km W	313	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Palluaud	16	180 km SW	215	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mailhac-sur-Benaize	87	53 km W	278	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Pleuville	16	122 km W	313	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Montbrandeix	87	123 km SW	263	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Palluaud	16	180 km SW	215	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Tillac	32	353 km SW	281	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Girmont-Val-d'Ajol	88	384 km NE	264	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Cellette'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
La Chapelle-Montbrandeix	87	123 km SW	263	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Bussière	86	95 km W	298	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Azat-le-Ris	87	74 km W	241	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Tannerre-en-Puisaye	89	170 km NE	269	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bazolles	58	147 km NE	286	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Prix	07	252 km SE	269	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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