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Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix

Creuse · CC Creuse Sud Ouest · INSEE 23181

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

No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix (INSEE 23181) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 150 (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/23181-saint-amand-jartoudeix

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 14,109 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.14101.36
Housing mix0.3651.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (TRENTE-TROIS LE NOUHAUD). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1TRENTE-TROIS LE NOUHAUDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 310 2023: 150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 172 (2012) → 150 (2023): -12.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 236 (1990) → 150 (2023): -36.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 31.9 % second homes and 16 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.3 km W (Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix)Primary school — 4.2 km W (Sauviat-sur-Vige)Food shop — 5.2 km W (Sauviat-sur-Vige)GP — 8.8 km NE (Bourganeuf)Pharmacy — 8.9 km NE (Bourganeuf)
Bakery — 2.3 km WPrimary school — 4.2 km WFood shop — 5.2 km WGP — 8.8 km NEPharmacy — 8.9 km NE 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 (Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sauviat-sur-Vige): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bourganeuf): 8.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Bourganeuf): 8.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Sauviat-sur-Vige): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BOURGANEUF weather station, 6 km away at 513 m; the village itself is at 471 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BOURGANEUF, 6 km away at 513 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 1,178 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BOURGANEUF, 6 km away at 513 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23181/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23181/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23181/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23181/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23181
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87190
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23030
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tourtouse09316 km S16921.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Malvières43173 km E14423.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 7 %
Le Poët-Célard26306 km SE14825.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clair46136 km S14325.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Blanot71245 km E20326.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Berganty46163 km S14621.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Clair46136 km S14325.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Berganty46163 km S14621.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Malvières43173 km E14423.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 7 %
Blanot71245 km E20326.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Le Poët-Célard26306 km SE14825.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Tourtouse09316 km S16921.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Amand-Jartoudeix'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Goussaud2316 km NW15714.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bénaix09335 km S15214.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Peumerit-Quintin22462 km NW19124.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Guye71238 km E14018.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rempnat8731 km SE14111.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Commarin21273 km NE12227.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %