Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois

Creuse · CA du Grand Guéret · INSEE 23250

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois (INSEE 23250) is in Creuse (23), part of CA du Grand Guéret. Population 275 (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 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,626 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.44
Housing mix	0.4	5	2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT YRIEIX LES BOIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT YRIEIX LES BOIS AGENCE POSTALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	SAINT YRIEIX LES BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT YRIEIX LES BOIS AGENCE POSTALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 385 2023: 275 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 292 (2012) → 275 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 326 (1990) → 275 (2023): -15.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 30 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km EFood shop — 4.5 km NWGP — 4.5 km NPharmacy — 4.5 km N 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-Hilaire-la-Plaine): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Feyre): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Feyre): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Feyre): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 84.1

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAISONNISSES weather station, 4.6 km away at 563 m; the village itself is at 524 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 7.2 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 64 m below 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 1,179 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAISONNISSES, 4.6 km away at 563 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 — 23250/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23250/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23250/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23250/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23250
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
Lachaux	63	129 km E	273	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Vitrac	15	146 km S	268	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Biches	58	165 km NE	240	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Laprugne	03	140 km E	308	15.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnefont	65	341 km S	314	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Floret	63	109 km SE	243	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Floret	63	109 km SE	243	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lachaux	63	129 km E	273	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Laprugne	03	140 km E	308	15.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Vitrac	15	146 km S	268	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Biches	58	165 km NE	240	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnefont	65	341 km S	314	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 %

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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-Yrieix-les-Bois'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
Néoux	23	32 km SE	279	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Janaillat	23	16 km W	317	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tarnac	19	47 km S	333	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Agnon	63	142 km E	361	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Comelle	71	188 km NE	248	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Palisse	19	79 km S	224	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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