Marsac

Creuse · CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg · INSEE 23124

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

Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsac (INSEE 23124) is in Creuse (23), part of CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg. Population 643 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/23124-marsac

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 16,751 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.32	10	3.23
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.84

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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BAGUETTE ET TARTELETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ECHOPPE DE KRIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ JACQUES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (L'O A LA BOUCHE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FELICIA DAMASCHIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (BRESSY GISELE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3,4]

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	BAGUETTE ET TARTELETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'ECHOPPE DE KRIS	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	CHEZ JACQUES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	L'O A LA BOUCHE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	FELICIA DAMASCHIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE POKAM SELENOU	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	MARSAC LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MARSAC	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	BRESSY GISELE	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	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 854 peak 1975: 857 2023: 643 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 678 (2012) → 643 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 781 (1990) → 643 (2023): -17.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 445, of which 21.6 % second homes and 13.9 % 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 (Marsac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marsac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marsac): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marsac): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marsac): 0 km to the north (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 1.7

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, 4.1 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 383 m. ^[9]

The village sits 77 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 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LA SOUTERRAINE, 19.1 km away at 370 m, over 28 summers. ^[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, 4.1 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 — 23124/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23124/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23124/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23124/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23124
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-Vincent-de-Reins	69	216 km E	635	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	347 km NW	647	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance	12	259 km S	580	61.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lyons-la-Forêt	27	367 km N	756	60.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Sancergues	18	155 km NE	620	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Culan	18	77 km NE	779	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Culan	18	77 km NE	779	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Sancergues	18	155 km NE	620	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins	69	216 km E	635	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance	12	259 km S	580	61.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	347 km NW	647	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lyons-la-Forêt	27	367 km N	756	60.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %

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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 Marsac'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
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	347 km NW	647	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Valmeroux	15	127 km SE	716	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bujaleuf	87	34 km S	869	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Droué	41	219 km N	999	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Marne	51	371 km NE	625	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Blangy-le-Château	14	363 km N	828	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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