Nouzerines

Identity

Nouzerines (INSEE 23146) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 237 (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/23146-nouzerines

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 16,965 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (LA BONNE AUBERGE · LE LAPIN GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LA BONNE AUBERGE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 247 (2012) → 237 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 237 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 24.1 % second homes and 22.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Clugnat): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sazeray): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boussac): 9.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Clugnat): 9.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Nouzerines): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GENOUILLAC weather station, 10.3 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 421 m. ^[12]

The village sits 115 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GENOUILLAC, 10.3 km away at 306 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 115 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GENOUILLAC, 10.3 km away at 306 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23146/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23146/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23146/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23146/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23064
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 36214
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23031
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23146
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024