Noth

Creuse · CC du Pays Sostranien · INSEE 23143

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Noth (INSEE 23143) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Sostranien. Population 498 (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/23143-noth

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,769 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.44
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU DE LA CAZINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA CAZINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	NOTH AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NOTH	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHATEAU DE LA CAZINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA CAZINE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 544 2023: 498 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 522 (2012) → 498 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 477 (1990) → 498 (2023): 4.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 11.1 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.7 km WGP — 7.9 km WPharmacy — 9.4 km SE 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 (Noth): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Souterraine): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Souterraine): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Grand-Bourg): 9.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Noth): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.4

Days at or below 0 °C 42

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA SOUTERRAINE weather station, 10.4 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 388 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA SOUTERRAINE, 10.4 km away at 370 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 940 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FLEURAT, 7.5 km away at 407 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 — 23143/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23143/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23143/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23143/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23095
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
Fontanes	46	214 km S	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Goutelle	63	101 km SE	609	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Poisson	71	196 km E	551	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Désiré	03	71 km NE	424	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Ségrie	72	248 km NW	592	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cossaye	58	156 km E	652	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Désiré	03	71 km NE	424	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
La Goutelle	63	101 km SE	609	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Cossaye	58	156 km E	652	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 70 %
Poisson	71	196 km E	551	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Fontanes	46	214 km S	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ségrie	72	248 km NW	592	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · 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 Noth'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
Ségrie	72	248 km NW	592	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cressanges	03	123 km E	644	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-Bouin	79	164 km W	487	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	5.5 km SW	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bourgon	53	294 km NW	616	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tréal	56	339 km NW	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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