Soumans

Creuse · CC Creuse Confluence · INSEE 23174

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

Partly served 51.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soumans (INSEE 23174) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 611 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 51.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 16,966 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.31
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.5

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETIT FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (LA CREP'MOBILE · L'ANGLE TRUCK BURGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE TIKKI'S). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PETIT FOURNIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	WR MARKET	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	3	LA CREP'MOBILE · L'ANGLE TRUCK BURGER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE TIKKI'S	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SOUMANS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 869 2023: 611 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 607 (2012) → 611 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 540 (1990) → 611 (2023): 13.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 467, of which 15 % second homes and 19.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 8.8 km NWPharmacy — 12.8 km SW 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 (Soumans): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soumans): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Boussac): 8.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gouzon): 12.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Soumans): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 69

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEYRAT weather station, 6.7 km away at 416 m; the village itself is at 417 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOUSSAC_SAPC, 7.6 km away at 380 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 929 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEYRAT, 6.7 km away at 416 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

60 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 55,000 € — 544 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23174
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23093
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Plésidy	22	473 km NW	563	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Laz	29	507 km NW	685	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Viella	32	357 km SW	530	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Castelsagrat	82	258 km SW	547	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Rocamadour	46	175 km S	597	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Abjat-sur-Bandiat	24	144 km SW	639	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Abjat-sur-Bandiat	24	144 km SW	639	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Rocamadour	46	175 km S	597	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Castelsagrat	82	258 km SW	547	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Viella	32	357 km SW	530	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Plésidy	22	473 km NW	563	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Laz	29	507 km NW	685	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Soumans'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
Champsac	87	124 km SW	702	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Leignes-sur-Fontaine	86	120 km W	647	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Tours-sur-Meymont	63	121 km SE	542	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-aux-Bois	19	131 km S	430	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lainsecq	89	158 km NE	328	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chapelle-Voland	39	241 km E	638	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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