Châtelus-le-Marcheix

Identity

Châtelus-le-Marcheix (INSEE 23056) is in Creuse (23), part of CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg. Population 336 (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/23056-chatelus-le-marcheix

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 18,025 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU THAURION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA P'TITE CANTINE). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÂTELUS LE MARCHEIX). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (ZONE DE BAIGNADE AMENAGE). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 350 (2012) → 336 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 375 (1990) → 336 (2023): -10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 420, of which 48.1 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Châtelus-le-Marcheix): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice): 10.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud): 8.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Châtelus-le-Marcheix): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOURGANEUF weather station, 11.2 km away at 513 m; the village itself is at 414 m. ^[11]

The village sits 99 m below 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 BOURGANEUF, 11.2 km away at 513 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 99 m above 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 1,178 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOURGANEUF, 11.2 km away at 513 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 — 23056/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23056/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23056/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23056/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23056
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23189
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87079
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024