Mainsat

Creuse · CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine · INSEE 23116

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mainsat (INSEE 23116) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 540 (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/23116-mainsat

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,580 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.22	10	2.22
Housing mix	0.52	5	2.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DE HARO STEPHANE). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARION BETHMONT, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (ADEL'COIFF). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	DE HARO STEPHANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARION BETHMONT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	ADEL'COIFF	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 820 2023: 540 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 599 (2012) → 540 (2023): -9.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 748 (1990) → 540 (2023): -27.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 498, of which 23.9 % second homes and 25.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP Primary school — 0.5 km NFood shop — 8.8 km EBakery — 8.9 km SWPharmacy — 9.3 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 (Champagnat): 8.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auzances): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mainsat): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Auzances): 9.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mainsat): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.7

Days at or below 0 °C 64.3

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA SERRE BUSS weather station, 5.2 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 543 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AUZANCES_SAPC, 8.6 km away at 564 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

An average of 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA SERRE BUSS, 5.2 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23116/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23116/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23116/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23116/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23048
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23116
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
Lapeyrouse	63	42 km NE	521	27.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	402 km NW	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Champéon	53	338 km NW	636	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Monceaux-sur-Dordogne	19	114 km S	628	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amand-Magnazeix	87	81 km W	485	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Collorec	29	528 km NW	588	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lapeyrouse	63	42 km NE	521	27.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Saint-Amand-Magnazeix	87	81 km W	485	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Monceaux-sur-Dordogne	19	114 km S	628	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Champéon	53	338 km NW	636	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	402 km NW	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Collorec	29	528 km NW	588	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · 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 Mainsat'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
Saint-Amand-Magnazeix	87	81 km W	485	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Breuil	03	99 km E	524	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Tours-sur-Meymont	63	102 km SE	542	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pougny	58	155 km N	473	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	190 km NE	505	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-sous-Gourdon	71	167 km NE	473	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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