Flayat

Creuse · CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine · INSEE 23081

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Flayat (INSEE 23081) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 296 (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/23081-flayat

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,802 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.31	10	3.13
Housing mix	0.24	5	1.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPECERIE DE PAUL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA RAMADE VACANCES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FLAYAT RELAIS ESS SERVICE PLUS AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LACUSTRA ETANG DE LA RAMADE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	L'EPECERIE DE PAUL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LA RAMADE VACANCES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	FLAYAT RELAIS ESS SERVICE PLUS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FLAYAT	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LACUSTRA ETANG DE LA RAMADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 533 2023: 296 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 330 (2012) → 296 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 296 (2023): -18.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 325, of which 37.8 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 7.2 km NEGP — 7.2 km NEPharmacy — 7.7 km NE 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 (Giat): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Flayat): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Giat): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Giat): 7.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Flayat): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 93.8

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA COURTINE weather station, 12.2 km away at 772 m; the village itself is at 768 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA COURTINE, 12.2 km away at 772 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,046 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FLAYAT, 0.2 km away at 767 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23081/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23081/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23081/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23081/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23081
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
Concorès	46	146 km SW	312	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Saillant	63	124 km E	315	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lassouts	12	148 km S	318	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat	63	37 km NE	358	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vollore-Montagne	63	100 km E	312	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Gluiras	07	197 km SE	366	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat	63	37 km NE	358	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vollore-Montagne	63	100 km E	312	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saillant	63	124 km E	315	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Concorès	46	146 km SW	312	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Lassouts	12	148 km S	318	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gluiras	07	197 km SE	366	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Flayat'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
Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat	63	37 km NE	358	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Devesset	07	175 km SE	310	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Tarnac	19	35 km W	333	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois	23	50 km NW	275	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Échandelys	63	93 km E	248	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cheylade	15	68 km SE	230	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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