Sardent

Creuse · CC Creuse Sud Ouest · INSEE 23168

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

Partly served 56.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sardent (INSEE 23168) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 760 (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/23168-sardent

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 15,973 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.4	10	3.99
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ DELPHINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCK RATON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES SOURCES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (ECOLE GEORGES MERCIER). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE BIEN ETRE CAPILLAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CHEZ DELPHINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	FRANCK RATON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES SOURCES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SARDENT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SARDENT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ECOLE GEORGES MERCIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE BIEN ETRE CAPILLAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,085 2023: 760 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 771 (2012) → 760 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 845 (1990) → 760 (2023): -10.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 579, of which 22.1 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Sardent): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sardent): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sardent): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sardent): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sardent): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 84.1

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MAISONNISSES weather station, 4.2 km away at 563 m; the village itself is at 552 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GUERET-GRANCHER, 12.4 km away at 546 m, over 17 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,179 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MAISONNISSES, 4.2 km away at 563 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23168
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
Orsennes	36	49 km N	696	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Dournazac	87	87 km SW	672	56.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon	43	181 km SE	1,038	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Puycapel	15	153 km S	717	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Azay-le-Ferron	36	108 km NW	817	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
La Croisille-sur-Briance	87	51 km SW	728	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orsennes	36	49 km N	696	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
La Croisille-sur-Briance	87	51 km SW	728	51.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Dournazac	87	87 km SW	672	56.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Azay-le-Ferron	36	108 km NW	817	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Puycapel	15	153 km S	717	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon	43	181 km SE	1,038	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %

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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 Sardent'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
Vézins-de-Lévézou	12	215 km SE	656	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gelles	63	77 km SE	921	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Anglards-de-Salers	15	105 km SE	727	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Vernet-Chaméane	63	140 km SE	775	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Quarré-les-Tombes	89	220 km NE	619	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie	43	174 km SE	839	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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