Saint-Alpinien

Creuse · CC Creuse Grand Sud · INSEE 23179

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

No daily shops 14.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Alpinien (INSEE 23179) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Grand Sud. Population 290 (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/23179-saint-alpinien

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,798 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.33	10	3.29
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 344 peak 1990: 350 2023: 290 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 307 (2012) → 290 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 350 (1990) → 290 (2023): -17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 20.6 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km SWBakery — 4.4 km EGP — 4.9 km SWPharmacy — 5.9 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 (Bellegarde-en-Marche): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aubusson): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aubusson): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aubusson): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Alpinien): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.5

Days at or below 0 °C 109.8▸

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUBUSSON_SAPC weather station, 4.4 km away at 486 m; the village itself is at 625 m. ^[11]

The village sits 139 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FELLETIN, 11.5 km away at 635 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 932 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AUBUSSON_SAPC, 4.4 km away at 486 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23020
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23008
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23179
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
Bona	58	151 km NE	296	15.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Claret	04	342 km SE	298	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Mary	71	188 km NE	281	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Meillard	03	89 km NE	303	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Luzé	37	179 km NW	276	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Braize	03	83 km NE	259	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 30 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Braize	03	83 km NE	259	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 30 %
Meillard	03	89 km NE	303	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Bona	58	151 km NE	296	15.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Luzé	37	179 km NW	276	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Mary	71	188 km NE	281	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Claret	04	342 km SE	298	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 59 % · 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 Saint-Alpinien'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
Buxières-sous-Montaigut	63	53 km NE	244	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Tuilière	42	121 km E	273	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maixant	23	3.0 km NW	222	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Antrenas	48	175 km SE	331	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy	19	36 km S	244	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vabres	15	129 km SE	244	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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