Crozant
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Crozant (INSEE 23070) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Dunois. Population 431 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 17,920 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 | 0.91 | 20 | 18.15 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.18 | 10 | 1.78 |
| Housing mix | 0.28 | 5 | 1.4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (L AUBERGE DE LA VALLEE · RESTAURANT DES RUINES). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (CHEZ NINIE). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CROZANT). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (NOTE D'ELEGANCE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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] | |
| 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 AUBERGE DE LA VALLEE · RESTAURANT DES RUINES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | CHEZ NINIE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CROZANT | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | NOTE D'ELEGANCE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 487 (2012) → 431 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 636 (1990) → 431 (2023): -32.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 506, of which 36 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fresselines): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fresselines): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Éguzon-Chantôme): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Sébastien): 6.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Fresselines): 5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DUN LE PALESTEL weather station, 8.8 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 266 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 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 8.8 km away at 365 m, over 16 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 917 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 8.8 km away at 365 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
68 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 77,000 € — 819 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23070/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23070/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23070/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23070/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23087
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36070
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23239
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Côte-Saint-Didier | 42 | 184 km E | 520 | 29.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Azerat | 24 | 143 km S | 463 | 35 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| Folles | 87 | 33 km S | 439 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 % |
| Naussac | 12 | 211 km S | 434 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Droux | 87 | 44 km SW | 378 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moussac | 86 | 73 km W | 436 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folles | 87 | 33 km S | 439 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 % |
| Droux | 87 | 44 km SW | 378 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moussac | 86 | 73 km W | 436 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Azerat | 24 | 143 km S | 463 | 35 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Côte-Saint-Didier | 42 | 184 km E | 520 | 29.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Naussac | 12 | 211 km S | 434 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Crozant'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droux | 87 | 44 km SW | 378 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pressignac | 16 | 92 km SW | 398 | 27.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Plantaire | 36 | 8.4 km NE | 601 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Léger-Magnazeix | 87 | 31 km W | 484 | 33.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Romain | 86 | 98 km W | 386 | 26.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Frazé | 28 | 212 km N | 482 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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