Fresselines

Identity

Fresselines (INSEE 23087) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Dunois. Population 509 (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/23087-fresselines

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,741 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE CLEMENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE FRESSELINES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA P 'ART-QUETERIE). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (HAIR DU SUD). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PALOT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 559 (2012) → 509 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 735 (1990) → 509 (2023): -30.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 599, of which 37.9 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fresselines): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fresselines): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dun-le-Palestel): 8.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dun-le-Palestel): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fresselines): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DUN LE PALESTEL weather station, 7.4 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 257 m. ^[10]

The village sits 108 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 7.4 km away at 365 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 108 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 917 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 7.4 km away at 365 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23087/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23087/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23087/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23087/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23087
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23075
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024