Champagnat

Creuse · CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine · INSEE 23048

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

Few services 35.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Champagnat (INSEE 23048) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 461 (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/23048-champagnat

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,925 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.55	10	5.53
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 2 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (FELIX PANIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES COPAINS D ABORD · SOSSA DU SOLEIL 23). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMPAGNAT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (PLAN D EAU DE LA NAUTE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU DE LA NAUTE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA NAUTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	FELIX PANIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LES COPAINS D ABORD · SOSSA DU SOLEIL 23	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 [3,4]
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 CHAMPAGNAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	PLAN D EAU DE LA NAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU DE LA NAUTE	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	1	CAMPING DE LA NAUTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 604 2023: 461 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 449 (2012) → 461 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 438 (1990) → 461 (2023): 5.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 379, of which 36.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km SGP — 7.9 km NPharmacy — 11.3 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 (Champagnat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bellegarde-en-Marche): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Peyrat-la-Nonière): 7.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Aubusson): 11.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Champagnat): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.7

Days at or below 0 °C 64.3

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA SERRE BUSS weather station, 5.1 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 547 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at AUZANCES_SAPC, 16 km away at 564 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA SERRE BUSS, 5.1 km away at 510 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 — 23048/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23048/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23048/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23048/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23048
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23020
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23151
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
Saint-Saturnin	18	55 km N	446	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Busserolles	24	133 km W	516	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Bellevue-la-Montagne	43	149 km SE	461	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Tiranges	43	155 km SE	453	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Najac	12	204 km S	456	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %
Lamothe-Fénelon	46	148 km SW	330	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Saturnin	18	55 km N	446	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Busserolles	24	133 km W	516	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Lamothe-Fénelon	46	148 km SW	330	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Bellevue-la-Montagne	43	149 km SE	461	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Tiranges	43	155 km SE	453	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Najac	12	204 km S	456	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 95 %

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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 Champagnat'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-Saturnin	18	55 km N	446	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Goulles	19	110 km S	323	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Thury	89	191 km NE	418	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrières-sur-Sichon	03	106 km E	496	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tours-sur-Meymont	63	108 km E	542	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	168 km E	406	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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