Viersat

Identity

Viersat (INSEE 23261) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 278 (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/23261-viersat

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,624 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 303 (2012) → 278 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 378 (1990) → 278 (2023): -26.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 13.1 % second homes and 18.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Budelière): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chambon-sur-Voueize): 9.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chambon-sur-Voueize): 8.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chambon-sur-Voueize): 9.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Viersat): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHAMBON VOUEIZE weather station, 9.3 km away at 329 m; the village itself is at 445 m. ^[11]

The village sits 116 m above 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 BOUSSAC_SAPC, 17.5 km away at 380 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 65 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 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAMBON VOUEIZE, 9.3 km away at 329 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23261/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23261/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23261/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23261/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23035
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23045
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23261
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024