Saint-Laurent
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Laurent (INSEE 23206) is in Creuse (23), part of CA du Grand Guéret. Population 670 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/23206-saint-laurent
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 16,628 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.9 | 10 | 9.02 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.23 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU BON SAINT LAURENT). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LA P'TITE CUILLERE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST LAURENT RPC VIVAL RP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 | AU BON SAINT LAURENT | 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 | 1 | LA P'TITE CUILLERE | 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) | 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 | 1 | ST LAURENT RPC VIVAL RP | 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
Population 668 (2012) → 670 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 478 (1990) → 670 (2023): 40.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 350, of which 7.7 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Feyre): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Laurent): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Sainte-Feyre): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Sainte-Feyre): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Laurent): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the GUERET-ST LAURENT weather station, 1.5 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 381 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at GUERET-ST LAURENT, 1.5 km away at 365 m, over 13 summers. [10]
An average of 991 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT, 0.9 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
34 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 129,837 € — 839 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23206/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23206/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23206/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23206/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23193
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23206
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billiat | 01 | 295 km E | 713 | 39.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Parcq | 62 | 469 km N | 740 | 35.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marcilly-lès-Buxy | 71 | 210 km E | 704 | 39 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vendenesse-lès-Charolles | 71 | 185 km E | 729 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens | 38 | 263 km E | 603 | 40.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clermont | 40 | 360 km SW | 736 | 40 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendenesse-lès-Charolles | 71 | 185 km E | 729 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marcilly-lès-Buxy | 71 | 210 km E | 704 | 39 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens | 38 | 263 km E | 603 | 40.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Billiat | 01 | 295 km E | 713 | 39.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clermont | 40 | 360 km SW | 736 | 40 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 % |
| Le Parcq | 62 | 469 km N | 740 | 35.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · 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-Laurent'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primarette | 38 | 252 km E | 686 | 33.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marcilly-le-Hayer | 10 | 273 km NE | 706 | 36.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ris | 63 | 120 km E | 718 | 46.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chalmoux | 71 | 152 km E | 639 | 25 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Longechenal | 38 | 275 km E | 593 | 40.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Giou-de-Mamou | 15 | 144 km S | 728 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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