Dun-le-Palestel

Creuse · CC du Pays Dunois · INSEE 23075

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

Partly served 49.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dun-le-Palestel (INSEE 23075) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Dunois. Population 1,096 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 82 % of the 13,772 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.11
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DUNOIS · LA BAGUETTE DUNOISE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BARAILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MICHEMAG). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SARL LE PALETEAU · EURL CABOCHE LIVANA PAINS CHAUDS VALDI · SAS DUN KEBAB). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE BENJAMIN BORD). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALBERT BACH, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE JOLIE DUNOISE · PHARMACIE BONGRAND · PHARMACIE CENTRALE). ^[3,4]

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

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

3 × Gym / sports hall (PARC BENJAMIN BORD · ECOLE MUNICIPALE MATERNELLE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF EUGENE CAILLAUD). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU PAYS DUNOIS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE SOPHIE · ELLE ET LUI · APAULINE'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL JOLY). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DUN LE PALESTEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE FOURNIL DUNOIS · LA BAGUETTE DUNOISE	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE BARAILLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	MICHEMAG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	SARL LE PALETEAU · EURL CABOCHE LIVANA PAINS CHAUDS VALDI · SAS DUN KEBAB	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE BENJAMIN BORD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ALBERT BACH, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE JOLIE DUNOISE · PHARMACIE BONGRAND · PHARMACIE CENTRALE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 DUN LE PALESTEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	PARC BENJAMIN BORD · ECOLE MUNICIPALE MATERNELLE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF EUGENE CAILLAUD	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU PAYS DUNOIS	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE SALON DE SOPHIE · ELLE ET LUI · APAULINE'HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL JOLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DUN LE PALESTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,260 peak 1975: 1,330 2023: 1,096 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,158 (2012) → 1,096 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,203 (1990) → 1,096 (2023): -8.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 793, of which 13 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.9 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 (Naillat): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Dun-le-Palestel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Dun-le-Palestel): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dun-le-Palestel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dun-le-Palestel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DUN LE PALESTEL weather station, 1.4 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 363 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 1.4 km away at 365 m, over 16 summers. ^[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, 1.4 km away at 365 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/6a7a5a2b-8d40-3658-adbc-a083bdb15833— “Marché”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23075
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
Arinthod	39	300 km E	1,149	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Pierrefontaine-les-Varans	25	385 km E	1,356	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Vacqueyras	84	355 km SE	1,179	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Beaulon	03	158 km E	1,649	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hippolyte	25	408 km E	981	70	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauvillain	52	312 km NE	1,482	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaulon	03	158 km E	1,649	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Arinthod	39	300 km E	1,149	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Châteauvillain	52	312 km NE	1,482	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Vacqueyras	84	355 km SE	1,179	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefontaine-les-Varans	25	385 km E	1,356	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hippolyte	25	408 km E	981	70	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Dun-le-Palestel'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
Oisseau	53	288 km NW	1,136	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Aigurande	36	19 km NE	1,321	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mazières-en-Gâtine	79	154 km W	1,047	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Compreignac	87	46 km SW	1,856	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnat	23	19 km E	1,357	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Magnac-Bourg	87	78 km S	1,121	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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