Saint-Merd-la-Breuille
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 16/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Merd-la-Breuille (INSEE 23221) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 198 (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 16/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 42 % of the 15,873 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.33 | 10 | 3.32 |
| Housing mix | 0.48 | 5 | 2.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MERD LA BREUILLE AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
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, 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] | |
| 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 | 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 MERD LA BREUILLE 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
Population 195 (2012) → 198 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 238 (1990) → 198 (2023): -16.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 225, of which 25.8 % second homes and 24.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Giat): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Flayat): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Giat): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Giat): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Flayat): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA COURTINE weather station, 13.7 km away at 772 m; the village itself is at 785 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LA COURTINE, 13.7 km away at 772 m, over 25 summers. [10]
An average of 1,046 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FLAYAT, 5.1 km away at 767 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 — 23221/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23221/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23221/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23221/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63165
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23081
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longré | 16 | 191 km W | 193 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 % |
| Obterre | 36 | 169 km NW | 224 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Grands-Chézeaux | 87 | 105 km NW | 225 | 15.9 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Valence | 16 | 165 km W | 192 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Fresne-Poret | 50 | 412 km NW | 226 | 16.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Belhade | 40 | 288 km SW | 227 | 26.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 46 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Grands-Chézeaux | 87 | 105 km NW | 225 | 15.9 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Valence | 16 | 165 km W | 192 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 % |
| Obterre | 36 | 169 km NW | 224 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
| Longré | 16 | 191 km W | 193 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 % |
| Belhade | 40 | 288 km SW | 227 | 26.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 46 % |
| Le Fresne-Poret | 50 | 412 km NW | 226 | 16.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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-Merd-la-Breuille'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ars-les-Favets | 63 | 56 km NE | 220 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Saturnin | 15 | 61 km SE | 186 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arrentès-de-Corcieux | 88 | 430 km NE | 169 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Corravillers | 70 | 399 km NE | 161 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Racho | 71 | 161 km E | 158 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Toulx-Sainte-Croix | 23 | 62 km N | 252 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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