Nouhant

Creuse · CC Creuse Confluence · INSEE 23145

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

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nouhant (INSEE 23145) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 313 (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 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,885 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	5	0
Population trend	0.38	10	3.82
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.3

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 0 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]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 508 2023: 313 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 315 (2012) → 313 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 355 (1990) → 313 (2023): -11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 200, of which 7 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.7 km WFood shop — 6.8 km WGP — 11.0 km SPharmacy — 11.1 km S 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 (Soumans): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soumans): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chambon-sur-Voueize): 11 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chambon-sur-Voueize): 11.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Nouhant): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 69

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEYRAT weather station, 11.2 km away at 416 m; the village itself is at 443 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BOUSSAC_SAPC, 14.1 km away at 380 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 63 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 929 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEYRAT, 11.2 km away at 416 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 — 23145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23174
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23145
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
Bouteville	16	210 km W	313	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 47 % · humidity 7 %
Neuillac	17	232 km W	321	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-Curton	47	286 km SW	302	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Lachaise	16	220 km W	318	19.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Labastide-Castel-Amouroux	47	280 km SW	317	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Villegouin	36	108 km NW	325	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villegouin	36	108 km NW	325	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Bouteville	16	210 km W	313	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 47 % · humidity 7 %
Lachaise	16	220 km W	318	19.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 71 %
Neuillac	17	232 km W	321	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Labastide-Castel-Amouroux	47	280 km SW	317	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-Curton	47	286 km SW	302	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Nouhant'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-Appolinard	38	254 km SE	395	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Droiturier	03	102 km E	364	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bona	58	117 km NE	296	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Charmoy	71	158 km E	276	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Champigny-la-Futelaye	27	298 km N	271	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Vouzance	03	120 km E	258	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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