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Janaillat

Creuse · CC Creuse Sud Ouest · INSEE 23099

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Janaillat (INSEE 23099) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 317 (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/23099-janaillat

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 17,936 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.28102.85
Housing mix0.3751.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (JANAILLAT AP). [3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (EQUIPEMENTS MUNICIPAUX). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1JANAILLAT APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE JANAILLATINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1EQUIPEMENTS MUNICIPAUXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 663 2023: 317 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 349 (2012) → 317 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 404 (1990) → 317 (2023): -21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 299, of which 31.4 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.9 km SW (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud)Food shop — 3.9 km SW (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud)Primary school — 3.9 km SW (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud)Pharmacy — 3.9 km SW (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud)GP — 8.7 km E (Sardent)
Bakery — 3.9 km SWFood shop — 3.9 km SWPrimary school — 3.9 km SWPharmacy — 3.9 km SWGP — 8.7 km E 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 (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Sardent): 8.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PONTARION_SAPC weather station, 10.7 km away at 455 m; the village itself is at 425 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at BOURGANEUF, 12.7 km away at 513 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 88 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 1,159 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PONTARION_SAPC, 10.7 km away at 455 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 — 23099/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23099/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23099/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23099/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23189
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23168
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Theneuille03104 km NE3409.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lafat2333 km N3286.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
La Comelle71203 km NE24812.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillac-d'Aveyron12211 km SE3229No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux71201 km NE2329.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cheissoux8726 km S23113.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cheissoux8726 km S23113.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Lafat2333 km N3286.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Theneuille03104 km NE3409.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux71201 km NE2329.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Comelle71203 km NE24812.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillac-d'Aveyron12211 km SE3229No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · 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 Janaillat'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Theneuille03104 km NE3409.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Comelle71203 km NE24812.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux71201 km NE2329.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chadron43210 km SE34616No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Domeyrot2338 km NE22910.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Virlet6374 km E27011.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %