Pionnat

Identity

Pionnat (INSEE 23154) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 721 (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/23154-pionnat

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 16,264 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]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA POSTE). ^[4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (O CHEVEUX D'ANGE · STEPH'COIFF). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 754 (2012) → 721 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 682 (1990) → 721 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 507, of which 15.4 % second homes and 18.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ajain): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Laurent): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jarnages): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ajain): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GUERET-ST LAURENT weather station, 5.7 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[12]

The village sits 97 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GUERET-ST LAURENT, 5.7 km away at 365 m, over 13 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 97 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 991 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT, 5.3 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

64 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 61,675 € — 561 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23154/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23154/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23154/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23154/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23002
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23206
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23100
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23154
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025