Saint-Priest-Palus
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 6.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Priest-Palus (INSEE 23237) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 51 (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 6.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 16 % of the 4,938 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.38 | 10 | 3.79 |
| Housing mix | 0.4 | 5 | 1.98 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 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
Population 46 (2012) → 51 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 58 (1990) → 51 (2023): -12.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 43, of which 30.2 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sauviat-sur-Vige): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Bourganeuf): 9.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Bourganeuf): 9.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Sauviat-sur-Vige): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BOURGANEUF weather station, 7 km away at 513 m; the village itself is at 462 m. [11]
The village sits 51 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BOURGANEUF, 7 km away at 513 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,296 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-MOREIL, 5.6 km away at 414 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23237/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23237/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23237/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23237/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23181
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87190
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23030
- 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-Colombe-en-Auxois | 21 | 273 km NE | 53 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavalette | 34 | 276 km SE | 53 | 14 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 % |
| Beaulieu | 36 | 61 km NW | 51 | 2.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 % |
| Hautes-Duyes | 04 | 402 km SE | 53 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pretin | 39 | 340 km E | 48 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cérilly | 89 | 294 km NE | 51 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu | 36 | 61 km NW | 51 | 2.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 % |
| Sainte-Colombe-en-Auxois | 21 | 273 km NE | 53 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavalette | 34 | 276 km SE | 53 | 14 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cérilly | 89 | 294 km NE | 51 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pretin | 39 | 340 km E | 48 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hautes-Duyes | 04 | 402 km SE | 53 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Priest-Palus'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mont | 88 | 492 km NE | 53 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mont-Ormel | 61 | 346 km N | 50 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Fresnaie-Fayel | 61 | 343 km N | 50 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ossun-ez-Angles | 65 | 338 km SW | 57 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Source-Seine | 21 | 291 km NE | 60 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nogent-en-Othe | 10 | 298 km NE | 42 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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