Roches

Identity

Roches (INSEE 23162) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche. Population 371 (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/23162-roches

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 18,041 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ROCHES). ^[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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 372 (2012) → 371 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 420 (1990) → 371 (2023): -11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 26.5 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ladapeyre): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châtelus-Malvaleix): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Genouillac): 7.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Châtelus-Malvaleix): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BONNAT weather station, 7.5 km away at 382 m; the village itself is at 477 m. ^[12]

The village sits 95 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, 7.9 km away at 306 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 171 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 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ROCHES-BOURSOLLES, 2 km away at 398 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 — 23162/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23162/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23162/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23162/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23102
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23057
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23089
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23162
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024