Néoux

Creuse · CC Creuse Grand Sud · INSEE 23142

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

No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Néoux (INSEE 23142) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Grand Sud. Population 279 (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/23142-neoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 17,646 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.46
Housing mix	0.38	5	1.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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	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)	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	NEOUX 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: 461 2023: 279 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 296 (2012) → 279 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 295 (1990) → 279 (2023): -5.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 31.2 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.9 km WBakery — 6.4 km EFood shop — 7.1 km SWPharmacy — 7.5 km SW 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 (La Villetelle): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Felletin): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Moutier-Rozeille): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Felletin): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Néoux): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15

Days at or below 0 °C 84

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NEOUX weather station, 0.2 km away at 585 m; the village itself is at 586 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at FELLETIN, 6.8 km away at 635 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 965 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NEOUX, 0.2 km away at 585 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 — 23142/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23142/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23142/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23142/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23266
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23142
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
Montreuil-le-Henri	72	252 km NW	295	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 35 %
Lenax	03	127 km E	257	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Couloutre	58	182 km NE	234	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Espinasse	63	38 km E	274	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Benest	16	140 km W	307	13.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Le Brethon	03	81 km NE	324	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Espinasse	63	38 km E	274	18.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Le Brethon	03	81 km NE	324	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Lenax	03	127 km E	257	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Benest	16	140 km W	307	13.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Couloutre	58	182 km NE	234	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Montreuil-le-Henri	72	252 km NW	295	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 35 %

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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 Néoux'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-les-Bois	23	32 km NW	275	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Davignac	19	50 km S	235	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Margerides	19	52 km S	271	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul	19	82 km S	232	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Salle-en-Beaumont	38	305 km E	355	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Janaillat	23	43 km W	317	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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