Le Donzeil

Creuse · CC Creuse Sud Ouest · INSEE 23074

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

Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Donzeil (INSEE 23074) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 186 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 15,549 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.44	10	4.44
Housing mix	0.4	5	2.01

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 (B.B.B.B). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	B.B.B.B	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LE DONZEIL	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	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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 283 2023: 186 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 184 (2012) → 186 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 186 (2023): -5.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 29.9 % second homes and 20.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.5 km EPrimary school — 3.2 km NFood shop — 4.1 km SGP — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.2 km S 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 (Fransèches): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sous-Parsat): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 84.1

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAISONNISSES weather station, 7.6 km away at 563 m; the village itself is at 563 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 8 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 103 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 976 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FRANSECHES, 6 km away at 500 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 — 23074/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/d8b6e37e-91de-3b77-869e-25639a778edc— “Marché de producteurs locaux”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23074/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23074/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23074/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23175
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
Lacour	82	210 km SW	171	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %
Rezay	18	73 km N	204	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Julien-Molhesabate	43	212 km SE	162	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Sermages	58	180 km NE	189	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Just-Ibarre	64	397 km SW	197	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 3 % · humidity 14 %
Montoulieu	34	273 km SE	189	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 34 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rezay	18	73 km N	204	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Sermages	58	180 km NE	189	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Lacour	82	210 km SW	171	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Julien-Molhesabate	43	212 km SE	162	20.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Montoulieu	34	273 km SE	189	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 34 %
Saint-Just-Ibarre	64	397 km SW	197	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 3 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Le Donzeil'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
Ceilloux	63	126 km E	174	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maigner	63	54 km E	162	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mézères	43	185 km SE	178	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Curières	12	168 km SE	215	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Agathe	63	128 km E	171	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lépinas	23	6.9 km NW	145	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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