Dontreix

Identity

Dontreix (INSEE 23073) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 400 (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/23073-dontreix

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 18,033 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (JP PIZZ' AU FEU DE BOIS · CHEZ TONY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DONTREIX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DONTREIX AGENCE POSTALE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 393 (2012) → 400 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 455 (1990) → 400 (2023): -12.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 367, of which 20.2 % second homes and 22.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Mars): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charensat): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montel-de-Gelat): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montel-de-Gelat): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dontreix): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AUZANCES_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 564 m; the village itself is at 647 m. ^[12]

The village sits 83 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AUZANCES_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 564 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 83 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AUZANCES_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 564 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23073/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23073/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23073/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23073/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23123
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63094
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63237
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23073
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024