Saint-Junien-la-Bregère

Creuse · CC Creuse Sud Ouest · INSEE 23205

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

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Junien-la-Bregère (INSEE 23205) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 144 (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 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 13,781 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	0.25	10	2.46
Housing mix	0.08	5	0.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 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

1968: 340 2023: 144 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 140 (2012) → 144 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 193 (1990) → 144 (2023): -25.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 45.9 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km SWGP — 5.9 km EFood shop — 7.6 km NPharmacy — 7.8 km N 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 (Saint-Moreil): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourganeuf): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pardoux-Morterolles): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bourganeuf): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Junien-la-Bregère): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 51.5

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BOURGANEUF weather station, 6.7 km away at 513 m; the village itself is at 524 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BOURGANEUF, 6.7 km away at 513 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,178 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOURGANEUF, 6.7 km away at 513 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 — 23205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23223
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23030
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23205
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
Dun-sur-Grandry	58	205 km NE	151	13.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-de-Boulogne	07	248 km SE	149	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Pruno	2B	724 km SE	180	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Dommartin	58	207 km NE	154	11.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Gioux	23	30 km E	187	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Sénaillac-Lauzès	46	143 km S	145	7.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gioux	23	30 km E	187	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Sénaillac-Lauzès	46	143 km S	145	7.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Dun-sur-Grandry	58	205 km NE	151	13.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Dommartin	58	207 km NE	154	11.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-de-Boulogne	07	248 km SE	149	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Pruno	2B	724 km SE	180	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Junien-la-Bregère'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
Gouloux	58	233 km NE	164	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Auriat	23	8.6 km W	122	4.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Saint-Jean	27	381 km N	161	11.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sardy-lès-Épiry	58	208 km NE	113	13.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Moraches	58	207 km NE	128	8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrières-la-Verrerie	61	325 km N	161	5.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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