Lioux-les-Monges
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lioux-les-Monges (INSEE 23110) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 51 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 9.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 34 % of the 4,938 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.75 |
| Housing mix | 0.02 | 5 | 0.08 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 52 (2012) → 51 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 40 (1990) → 51 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 49.2 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mérinchal): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mérinchal): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Mérinchal): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mérinchal): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Mérinchal): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LUPERSAT_SAPC weather station, 6 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 673 m. [9]
The village sits 63 m above 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 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at AUZANCES_SAPC, 8.2 km away at 564 m, over 12 summers. [9]
That station sits 109 m below 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 1,015 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MERINCHAL, 2.5 km away at 703 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 — 23110/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23110/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23110/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23110/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23131
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvare | 06 | 413 km SE | 52 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rochebrune | 26 | 283 km SE | 49 | 6.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Just-et-le-Bézu | 11 | 342 km S | 50 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-André-de-Buèges | 34 | 253 km SE | 47 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 % |
| Chastel-Arnaud | 26 | 259 km SE | 48 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arzenc-d'Apcher | 48 | 133 km SE | 52 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arzenc-d'Apcher | 48 | 133 km SE | 52 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 % |
| Saint-André-de-Buèges | 34 | 253 km SE | 47 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 84 % |
| Chastel-Arnaud | 26 | 259 km SE | 48 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rochebrune | 26 | 283 km SE | 49 | 6.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Just-et-le-Bézu | 11 | 342 km S | 50 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Auvare | 06 | 413 km SE | 52 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · 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 Lioux-les-Monges'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bousseraucourt | 70 | 346 km NE | 46 | 2.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Saturnin | 48 | 181 km S | 56 | 4.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Challement | 58 | 175 km NE | 45 | 2.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Campoussy | 66 | 361 km S | 42 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Authiou | 58 | 164 km NE | 41 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valz-sous-Châteauneuf | 63 | 95 km SE | 52 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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