Le Monteil-au-Vicomte

Creuse · CC Creuse Sud Ouest · INSEE 23134

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

Few services 23.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Monteil-au-Vicomte (INSEE 23134) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 215 (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 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,431 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	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.67
Housing mix	0.38	5	1.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE MONTEIL AU VICOMTE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	1	LE MONTEIL AU VICOMTE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 289 2023: 215 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 209 (2012) → 215 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 248 (1990) → 215 (2023): -13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 174, of which 31 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.7 km NWPharmacy — 7.3 km NGP — 7.4 km NBakery — 10.2 km NW 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 (Pontarion): 10.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-le-Château): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Monteil-au-Vicomte): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 95.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VALLIERES weather station, 6.5 km away at 560 m; the village itself is at 563 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BOURGANEUF, 16.5 km away at 513 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,162 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VALLIERES, 6.5 km away at 560 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23134
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-Benin-des-Bois	58	174 km NE	195	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
La Tagnière	71	199 km NE	209	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Couloutre	58	192 km NE	234	17.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 %
Le Buisson	48	177 km SE	221	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Montagnac-sur-Lède	47	177 km SW	271	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Presly	18	165 km N	207	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Presly	18	165 km N	207	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Benin-des-Bois	58	174 km NE	195	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Montagnac-sur-Lède	47	177 km SW	271	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Le Buisson	48	177 km SE	221	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Couloutre	58	192 km NE	234	17.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 %
La Tagnière	71	199 km NE	209	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Le Monteil-au-Vicomte'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-Yrieix-la-Montagne	23	8.2 km SE	219	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul	19	79 km S	232	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy	19	40 km SE	244	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sannat	23	42 km NE	349	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Thauron	23	12 km NW	166	14.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux	19	45 km SE	293	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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