La Saunière

Creuse · CA du Grand Guéret · INSEE 23169

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Saunière (INSEE 23169) is in Creuse (23), part of CA du Grand Guéret. Population 663 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,638 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.46
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (INTUI'TIF). ^[3,4]

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]

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	1	L'ESCALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	INTUI'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 374 2023: 663 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 643 (2012) → 663 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 532 (1990) → 663 (2023): 24.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 7.4 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NWGP — 1.9 km NWPharmacy — 1.9 km NWFood shop — 2.0 km NW 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 (Sainte-Feyre): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Feyre): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sainte-Feyre): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Feyre): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Saunière): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 76.2

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GUERET-ST LAURENT weather station, 5.2 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 462 m. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GUERET-ST LAURENT, 5.2 km away at 365 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

An average of 991 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT, 3.7 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23169/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23169/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23169/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23169/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23169
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
Merck-Saint-Liévin	62	500 km N	655	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Villaines-sous-Lucé	72	222 km NW	645	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 41 %
Auvers	50	428 km NW	683	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie	26	281 km SE	636	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Salignac	04	386 km SE	678	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Monteils	30	287 km SE	692	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villaines-sous-Lucé	72	222 km NW	645	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 41 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie	26	281 km SE	636	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Monteils	30	287 km SE	692	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Salignac	04	386 km SE	678	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Auvers	50	428 km NW	683	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Merck-Saint-Liévin	62	500 km N	655	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Saunière'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-Louis	57	489 km NE	617	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Signy-Signets	77	323 km N	638	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-lès-Vesoul	70	356 km NE	633	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bibost	69	205 km E	538	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lignerolles	03	51 km E	760	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Massieu	38	294 km E	773	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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