La Souterraine

Creuse · CC du Pays Sostranien · INSEE 23176

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

Partly served 59.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Souterraine (INSEE 23176) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Sostranien. Population 4,978 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/23176-la-souterraine

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 78 % of the 4,713 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	0.5	25	12.38
Social	0.89	20	17.76
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.71	10	7.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.41	10	4.12
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CYBER DYNAMIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TRAITEUR DE LA CHAPELLE SARL). ^[3]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES 3 J · LA MAISON MARGUERITTE · SUPERETTE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · LSD · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

12 × Restaurant (LA GOUSSE D'AIL · LE PASSE MURAILLE · RESTAURANT GAB'ELO · OM-MA CANTINE ET YOGA · LA PERLE D'ASIE). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (LE LONGCHAMP · EXELSSIUM · LE FAMILIER · LE CAFE CHAUD). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE TRISTAN L'HERMITE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE RAYMOND LOEWY). ^[3]

9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENJAMIN BERNICHON, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE PLAVINET-JARRIGEON, MÉDECIN · HASSEN JEDDI, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CHARLOTTE ROBINSON, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS SAN JUAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SEDELLE · PHARMACIE DE LA PORTE SAINT JEAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE RENÉ CHATREIX). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (EDEN). ^[3]

6 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA PARONDELLE · GYMNASE MESTADIER · GYMNASE DU COLLEGE RAYMOND LOEWY · GYMNASE TRISTAN L HERMITTE · STADE DU CHEIX). ^[3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SOUTERRAINE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · LA SOUTERRAINE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU · COIFFURE MARIE-CLAIRE · COIFFURE SANDRA · CREATION L · ARMONY). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Hotel (HOTEL LE PASSE MURAILLE · HOTEL JINJAUD · INTER HOTEL · A LA PORTE SAINT JEAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'AQUARELLE DU LIMOUSIN). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 3 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	CYBER DYNAMIQUE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	TRAITEUR DE LA CHAPELLE SARL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	LES 3 J · LA MAISON MARGUERITTE · SUPERETTE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	LIDL · LSD · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	12	LA GOUSSE D'AIL · LE PASSE MURAILLE · RESTAURANT GAB'ELO · OM-MA CANTINE ET YOGA · LA PERLE D'ASIE	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	LE LONGCHAMP · EXELSSIUM · LE FAMILIER · LE CAFE CHAUD	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE TRISTAN L'HERMITE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE RAYMOND LOEWY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	9	BENJAMIN BERNICHON, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE PLAVINET-JARRIGEON, MÉDECIN · HASSEN JEDDI, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CHARLOTTE ROBINSON, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS SAN JUAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 9 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE DE LA SEDELLE · PHARMACIE DE LA PORTE SAINT JEAN	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE RENÉ CHATREIX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	EDEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	6	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA PARONDELLE · GYMNASE MESTADIER · GYMNASE DU COLLEGE RAYMOND LOEWY · GYMNASE TRISTAN L HERMITTE · STADE DU CHEIX	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	6	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SOUTERRAINE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · LA SOUTERRAINE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser	8	L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU · COIFFURE MARIE-CLAIRE · COIFFURE SANDRA · CREATION L · ARMONY	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	4	HOTEL LE PASSE MURAILLE · HOTEL JINJAUD · INTER HOTEL · A LA PORTE SAINT JEAN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING L'AQUARELLE DU LIMOUSIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 5,104 peak 1982: 5,690 2023: 4,978 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,437 (2012) → 4,978 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,459 (1990) → 4,978 (2023): -8.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,369, of which 5.6 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 8.9 km W 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 (La Souterraine): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Souterraine): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Souterraine): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arnac-la-Poste): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Souterraine): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.4

Days at or below 0 °C 42

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA SOUTERRAINE weather station, 2.4 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 390 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA SOUTERRAINE, 2.4 km away at 370 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,027 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA SOUTERRAINE, 2.4 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23176/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23176/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23176/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23176/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87003
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
Morcenx-la-Nouvelle	40	309 km SW	5,022	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Châteaulin	29	474 km NW	5,085	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lisle-sur-Tarn	81	267 km S	4,939	61.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers	34	332 km SE	4,979	58.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-James	50	331 km NW	5,018	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bonneval	28	216 km N	4,868	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bonneval	28	216 km N	4,868	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lisle-sur-Tarn	81	267 km S	4,939	61.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Morcenx-la-Nouvelle	40	309 km SW	5,022	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-James	50	331 km NW	5,018	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers	34	332 km SE	4,979	58.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Châteaulin	29	474 km NW	5,085	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · 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 La Souterraine'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
Bonneval	28	216 km N	4,868	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Aÿ-Champagne	51	366 km NE	5,103	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Amplepuis	69	222 km E	4,876	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Écommoy	72	199 km NW	4,868	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Beuzeville	27	356 km N	4,704	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cerizay	79	177 km W	4,793	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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