Saint-Vaury

Creuse · CA du Grand Guéret · INSEE 23247

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 41.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Vaury (INSEE 23247) is in Creuse (23), part of CA du Grand Guéret. Population 1,718 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/23247-saint-vaury

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 10,616 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.33	10	3.34
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU RENDEZ VOUS DES GOURMETS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOP ATLANTIQUE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LIONEL PIZZA · AU BISTROT D'OLIVIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ETAPE CREUSOISE CHEZ LAURE ET DAMIEN). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS DURAND). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MARIE CONQUET, MÉDECIN · XAVIER JAMET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LA VALERIENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT VAURY). ^[3]

4 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE HOSPITALIER LA VALETTE · COLLEGE LOUIS DURAND · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL LOUIS GASTON ROUSSILLAT · MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE SAINT VAURY BUSSIERE DUNOISE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE HARMONIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA VALLETTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU RENDEZ VOUS DES GOURMETS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COOP ATLANTIQUE	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	2	LIONEL PIZZA · AU BISTROT D'OLIVIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ETAPE CREUSOISE CHEZ LAURE ET DAMIEN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LOUIS DURAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-MARIE CONQUET, MÉDECIN · XAVIER JAMET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LA VALERIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT VAURY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	4	CENTRE HOSPITALIER LA VALETTE · COLLEGE LOUIS DURAND · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL LOUIS GASTON ROUSSILLAT · MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE SAINT VAURY BUSSIERE DUNOISE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFFURE HARMONIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA VALLETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,359 2023: 1,718 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,799 (2012) → 1,718 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,059 (1990) → 1,718 (2023): -16.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,081, of which 5.6 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km SE 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-Vaury): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Vaury): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Vaury): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vaury): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Vaury): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 53.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the GUERET COURTIL weather station, 8.7 km away at 464 m; the village itself is at 458 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GUERET-GRANCHER, 9.8 km away at 546 m, over 17 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 88 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,047 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BUSSIERE-DUNOISE, 6.1 km away at 390 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23247/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23247/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23247/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23247/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23247
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
Tracy-le-Mont	60	375 km N	1,686	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Amblainville	60	334 km N	1,805	46.8	Partly served	no figures
Port-Brillet	53	296 km NW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-d'Apchon	42	169 km E	1,966	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %
Longueil-Sainte-Marie	60	358 km N	1,895	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Tavel	30	336 km SE	2,083	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-d'Apchon	42	169 km E	1,966	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 21 %
Port-Brillet	53	296 km NW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Amblainville	60	334 km N	1,805	46.8	Partly served	no figures
Tavel	30	336 km SE	2,083	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Longueil-Sainte-Marie	60	358 km N	1,895	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Tracy-le-Mont	60	375 km N	1,686	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · 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-Vaury'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
Tracy-le-Mont	60	375 km N	1,686	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Port-Brillet	53	296 km NW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Longueil-Sainte-Marie	60	358 km N	1,895	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Serquigny	27	332 km N	1,754	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Attichy	60	370 km N	1,857	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cherisy	28	284 km N	1,842	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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