Saint-Georges-la-Pouge

Creuse · CC Creuse Sud Ouest · INSEE 23197

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

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Georges-la-Pouge (INSEE 23197) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 355 (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 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 18,079 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.58	10	5.82
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-LAURE VESVAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LE BRIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GEORGES LA POUGE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	MARIE-LAURE VESVAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LE BRIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT GEORGES LA POUGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 495 2023: 355 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 357 (2012) → 355 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 355 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 314, of which 24.5 % second homes and 22.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.5 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 (Fransèches): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.1

Days at or below 0 °C 92.6

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONTARION_SAPC weather station, 9.1 km away at 455 m; the village itself is at 565 m. ^[10]

The village sits 110 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 12 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 105 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 976 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FRANSECHES, 7.8 km away at 500 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 — 23197/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23197/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23197/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23197/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23197
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
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume	61	357 km NW	349	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurin	47	216 km SW	377	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 9 %
Feugères	50	429 km NW	356	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-de-Duras	47	194 km SW	315	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 16 %
Lurcy-le-Bourg	58	169 km NE	275	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Brigueil-le-Chantre	86	81 km NW	455	17.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brigueil-le-Chantre	86	81 km NW	455	17.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 64 %
Lurcy-le-Bourg	58	169 km NE	275	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-de-Duras	47	194 km SW	315	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 16 %
Saint-Maurin	47	216 km SW	377	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 9 %
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume	61	357 km NW	349	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Feugères	50	429 km NW	356	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Georges-la-Pouge'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
Val-d'Épy	39	267 km E	322	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux	19	49 km SE	293	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Néoux	23	24 km E	279	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat	63	49 km E	358	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lussat	23	36 km NE	416	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Charensat	63	52 km E	470	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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