Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde

Identity

Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde (INSEE 23241) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 189 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/23241-saint-silvain-bellegarde

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 15,632 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LA VALLEE GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 195 (2012) → 189 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 238 (1990) → 189 (2023): -20.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 206, of which 31.6 % second homes and 20.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bellegarde-en-Marche): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bellegarde-en-Marche): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aubusson): 9.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aubusson): 10.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LUPERSAT_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 587 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FELLETIN, 13.7 km away at 635 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 941 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LUPERSAT_SAPC, 7.1 km away at 610 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 57,500 € — 547 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23241/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23241/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23241/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23241/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23020
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23008
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23241
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025