Saint-Frion
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Frion (INSEE 23196) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Grand Sud. Population 251 (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 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 50 % of the 17,223 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 | 0.89 | 10 | 8.94 |
| Housing mix | 0.27 | 5 | 1.34 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
Population 242 (2012) → 251 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 180 (1990) → 251 (2023): 39.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 36.6 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Felletin): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Felletin): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Felletin): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Felletin): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Frion): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FELLETIN weather station, 3.7 km away at 635 m; the village itself is at 694 m. [10]
The village sits 59 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at FELLETIN, 3.7 km away at 635 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 59 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FELLETIN, 3.7 km away at 635 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 — 23196/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23196/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23196/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23196/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23079
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23196
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queyssac-les-Vignes | 19 | 106 km S | 235 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Masnau-Massuguiès | 81 | 230 km S | 248 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lherm | 46 | 163 km SW | 228 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 % |
| Simeyrols | 24 | 127 km SW | 256 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Piégon | 26 | 286 km SE | 240 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Junies | 46 | 167 km SW | 251 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queyssac-les-Vignes | 19 | 106 km S | 235 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Simeyrols | 24 | 127 km SW | 256 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lherm | 46 | 163 km SW | 228 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 % |
| Les Junies | 46 | 167 km SW | 251 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 % |
| Le Masnau-Massuguiès | 81 | 230 km S | 248 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Piégon | 26 | 286 km SE | 240 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
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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-Frion'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margerides | 19 | 47 km S | 271 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Soudeilles | 19 | 48 km S | 299 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montgibaud | 19 | 73 km SW | 251 | 25.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Mesnil-Thomas | 28 | 316 km N | 335 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gioux | 23 | 10 km SW | 187 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trans | 53 | 330 km NW | 231 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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