Genouillac

Creuse · CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche · INSEE 23089

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

Served 63.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Genouillac (INSEE 23089) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche. Population 721 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/23089-genouillac

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 16,264 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.43	10	4.3
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA GENOUILLACOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE MON GRAND-PERE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA CHOPE · LA DOUCE HEURE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLANDA LAURENT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GENOUILLAC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAURICE TEINTURIER). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AN GEL'COIFFURE · APHAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA TABLE DE MON GRAND-PERE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA GENOUILLACOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 TABLE DE MON GRAND-PERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA CHOPE · LA DOUCE HEURE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	SYLANDA LAURENT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GENOUILLAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAURICE TEINTURIER	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	2	AN GEL'COIFFURE · APHAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LA TABLE DE MON GRAND-PERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 1,010 2023: 721 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 772 (2012) → 721 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 775 (1990) → 721 (2023): -7 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 514, of which 17.9 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 7.2 km SW 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 (Bonnat): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Genouillac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

GP (Genouillac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Genouillac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.8

Days at or below 0 °C 67.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GENOUILLAC weather station, 0.5 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 305 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GENOUILLAC, 0.5 km away at 306 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GENOUILLAC, 0.5 km away at 306 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 — 23089/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/f3d64149-0c49-3444-9fe7-2d85d19be416— “Marché”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/60e54bc1-841d-30a8-9d7f-1681a8949c6c— “Marché à la ferme”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23089/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23089/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23089/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23089
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
Issigeac	24	210 km SW	744	75.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Tauves	63	101 km SE	684	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	288 km E	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montsalvy	15	187 km S	842	70.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %
Saignes	15	119 km S	835	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	189 km SE	839	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tauves	63	101 km SE	684	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saignes	15	119 km S	835	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Montsalvy	15	187 km S	842	70.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	189 km SE	839	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Issigeac	24	210 km SW	744	75.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	288 km E	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · 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 Genouillac'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
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	288 km E	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dompierre-les-Ormes	71	191 km E	893	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montreuil-l'Argillé	27	309 km N	783	68.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châtillon-en-Bazois	58	149 km NE	795	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Laignes	21	244 km NE	668	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Donjon	03	138 km E	1,007	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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