Le Grand-Bourg

Creuse · CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg · INSEE 23095

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

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Grand-Bourg (INSEE 23095) is in Creuse (23), part of CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg. Population 1,167 (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/23095-le-grand-bourg

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 13,393 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.82
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA GRANGE LE GRAND BOURG BARBIER · L'AVENTURE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE FANTON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE GRAND BOURG LPA AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE SPORTS ET LOISIRS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MISS'TIF). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MARKET CITY	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA GRANGE LE GRAND BOURG BARBIER · L'AVENTURE	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	PIERRE FANTON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LAFONT	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	LE GRAND BOURG LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LE GRAND BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE SPORTS ET LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MISS'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,861 2023: 1,167 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,217 (2012) → 1,167 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,323 (1990) → 1,167 (2023): -11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 830, of which 16.3 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Le Grand-Bourg): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Grand-Bourg): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Grand-Bourg): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Grand-Bourg): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Grand-Bourg): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 37.2

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BENEVENT_SAPC weather station, 4.6 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 386 m. ^[9]

The village sits 74 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GUERET-GRANCHER, 17 km away at 546 m, over 17 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 160 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,009 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BENEVENT_SAPC, 4.6 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23095/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23095/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23095/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23095/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23095
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
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon	43	200 km SE	1,038	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 7 %
Ploërdut	56	430 km NW	1,255	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Le Teilleul	50	326 km NW	1,706	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Montréal	32	271 km SW	1,171	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Castelnau-de-Montmiral	81	244 km S	1,062	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cernin	15	137 km SE	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cernin	15	137 km SE	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon	43	200 km SE	1,038	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 7 %
Castelnau-de-Montmiral	81	244 km S	1,062	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Montréal	32	271 km SW	1,171	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Le Teilleul	50	326 km NW	1,706	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Ploërdut	56	430 km NW	1,255	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · 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 Le Grand-Bourg'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
Luché-Pringé	72	209 km NW	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Coussac-Bonneval	87	77 km S	1,262	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bussière-Galant	87	76 km SW	1,298	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Guilliers	56	371 km NW	1,368	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Buxières-les-Mines	03	107 km E	994	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dournazac	87	82 km SW	672	56.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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