Saint-Germain-Beaupré

Creuse · CC du Pays Sostranien · INSEE 23199

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

No daily shops 18.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-Beaupré (INSEE 23199) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Sostranien. Population 352 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 18,064 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.67
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT LE BEAU PRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GERMAIN BEAUPRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT GERMAIN BEAUPRÉ). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	BAR RESTAURANT LE BEAU PRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SAINT GERMAIN BEAUPRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT GERMAIN BEAUPRÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 571 2023: 352 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 456 (2012) → 352 (2023): -22.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 406 (1990) → 352 (2023): -13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 22.4 % second homes and 17.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.1 km SWPrimary school — 4.3 km SWBakery — 7.5 km NWGP — 9.0 km SWPharmacy — 9.2 km E 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 (Azerables): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Souterraine): 9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dun-le-Palestel): 9.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DUN LE PALESTEL weather station, 9.4 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 329 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 9.4 km away at 365 m, over 16 summers. ^[12]

An average of 917 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DUN LE PALESTEL, 9.4 km away at 365 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23199/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23199/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23199/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23199/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23177
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23075
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
Serqueux	52	368 km NE	377	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 59 %
Prades-sur-Vernazobre	34	338 km S	374	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %
Rigny-le-Ferron	10	264 km NE	323	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Géraudot	10	306 km NE	339	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais	24	184 km SW	357	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Loubillé	79	127 km W	357	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Loubillé	79	127 km W	357	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais	24	184 km SW	357	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Rigny-le-Ferron	10	264 km NE	323	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Géraudot	10	306 km NE	339	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Prades-sur-Vernazobre	34	338 km S	374	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %
Serqueux	52	368 km NE	377	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 59 %

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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-Germain-Beaupré'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
Rigny-le-Ferron	10	264 km NE	323	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Géraudot	10	306 km NE	339	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Savigné-sous-le-Lude	72	184 km NW	446	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Norolles	14	336 km N	361	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rillé	37	161 km NW	313	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chambon	37	82 km NW	311	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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