Fursac

Creuse · CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg · INSEE 23192

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

Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fursac (INSEE 23192) is in Creuse (23), part of CC de Bénévent Grand Bourg. Population 1,430 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac (23231). ^[3]

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/23192-fursac

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 11,998 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.37	10	3.68
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FURSACOISE). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SERVICE). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (LE BALTO). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE FELIX CHEVRIER). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCALE BULINSKI, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE FURSAC). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FURSAC). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DES COULEURS · LE SALON D'AX'L). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT STÉPHANE NOUGIER). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	LA FURSACOISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar	2	LE BALTO	INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE FELIX CHEVRIER	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PASCALE BULINSKI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE FURSAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FURSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	L'ATELIER DES COULEURS · LE SALON D'AX'L	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT STÉPHANE NOUGIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,103 2023: 1,430 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,587 (2012) → 1,430 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,648 (1990) → 1,430 (2023): -13.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,081, of which 22.8 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Fursac): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Fursac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fursac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fursac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fursac): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15

Days at or below 0 °C 33.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BENEVENT_SAPC weather station, 9.4 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 328 m. ^[10]

The village sits 132 m below 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LA SOUTERRAINE, 11.6 km away at 370 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,009 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BENEVENT_SAPC, 9.4 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23192/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23192/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23192/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23192/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23192
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
Cahuzac-sur-Vère	81	243 km S	1,239	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Vigeois	19	85 km S	1,300	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Carsac-Aillac	24	146 km S	1,586	59.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Belmont-sur-Rance	12	277 km S	1,001	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Marlhes	42	244 km E	1,312	61.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Lanobre	15	112 km SE	1,351	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 27 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vigeois	19	85 km S	1,300	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lanobre	15	112 km SE	1,351	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 27 %
Carsac-Aillac	24	146 km S	1,586	59.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Cahuzac-sur-Vère	81	243 km S	1,239	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Marlhes	42	244 km E	1,312	61.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Belmont-sur-Rance	12	277 km S	1,001	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · 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 Fursac'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
Vigeois	19	85 km S	1,300	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chamboulive	19	81 km S	1,155	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Rouget-Pers	15	154 km S	1,297	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Pleumartin	86	87 km NW	1,214	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lormes	58	217 km NE	1,251	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bellenaves	03	121 km E	983	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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