Lavaveix-les-Mines
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lavaveix-les-Mines (INSEE 23105) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 684 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 16,477 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.21 | 10 | 2.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.79 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BIDET SARL). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE VINGT TROIS). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILLAUME KASSOUF, MÉDECIN · CECILE GRANDON, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAVAVEIX LES MINES). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DU CISEAU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BIDET SARL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | LE VINGT TROIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 2 | GUILLAUME KASSOUF, MÉDECIN · CECILE GRANDON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAVAVEIX LES MINES | 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 | L'ATELIER DU CISEAU | 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 | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 720 (2012) → 684 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 964 (1990) → 684 (2023): -29 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 564, of which 12.1 % second homes and 25.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lavaveix-les-Mines): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lavaveix-les-Mines): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lavaveix-les-Mines): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chénérailles): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lavaveix-les-Mines): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the AHUN LYCEE weather station, 5.1 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 387 m. [10]
The village sits 73 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 5.1 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 73 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 992 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at AHUN LYCEE, 5.1 km away at 460 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 — 23105/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23105/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23105/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23105/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23105
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23061
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livernon | 46 | 160 km S | 722 | 54.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas | 30 | 265 km SE | 734 | 54.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bidarray | 64 | 414 km SW | 693 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
| Issy-l'Évêque | 71 | 161 km NE | 692 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Douelle | 46 | 187 km S | 830 | 53.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 % |
| Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour | 19 | 101 km S | 928 | 45.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour | 19 | 101 km S | 928 | 45.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Livernon | 46 | 160 km S | 722 | 54.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Issy-l'Évêque | 71 | 161 km NE | 692 | 42.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Douelle | 46 | 187 km S | 830 | 53.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas | 30 | 265 km SE | 734 | 54.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bidarray | 64 | 414 km SW | 693 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Lavaveix-les-Mines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Aspres | 61 | 312 km N | 625 | 44.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dampierre-sur-Linotte | 70 | 354 km NE | 753 | 51.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condé-en-Brie | 02 | 344 km N | 654 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Damvillers | 55 | 440 km NE | 613 | 53.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chavanges | 10 | 329 km NE | 567 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Danzé | 41 | 218 km N | 671 | 35.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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