Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 13.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre (INSEE 23183) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 93 (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 13.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 9,855 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.85 | 10 | 8.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.55 | 5 | 2.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
| 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 74 (2012) → 93 (2023): 25.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 69 (1990) → 93 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 62, of which 22.6 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fransèches): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VALLIERES weather station, 10.8 km away at 560 m; the village itself is at 593 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 11.1 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 133 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 976 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FRANSECHES, 3.5 km away at 500 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 — 23183/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23183/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23183/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23183/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23197
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23246
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sieuras | 09 | 317 km S | 94 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 9 % |
| Lustar | 65 | 332 km SW | 95 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Festigny | 89 | 208 km NE | 92 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montjardin | 11 | 335 km S | 93 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| Castelnau-d'Anglès | 32 | 299 km SW | 93 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Le Ménil-Scelleur | 61 | 333 km NW | 92 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festigny | 89 | 208 km NE | 92 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castelnau-d'Anglès | 32 | 299 km SW | 93 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Sieuras | 09 | 317 km S | 94 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 9 % |
| Lustar | 65 | 332 km SW | 95 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Le Ménil-Scelleur | 61 | 333 km NW | 92 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montjardin | 11 | 335 km S | 93 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
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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-Avit-le-Pauvre'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auge | 23 | 35 km NE | 92 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Picarreau | 39 | 296 km E | 98 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellechassagne | 19 | 41 km S | 102 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nivollet-Montgriffon | 01 | 263 km E | 122 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Serre | 12 | 240 km S | 124 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Usson | 63 | 121 km SE | 85 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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