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La Villedieu

Creuse · CC Creuse Grand Sud · INSEE 23264

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Villedieu (INSEE 23264) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Grand Sud. Population 52 (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/23264-la-villedieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 5,097 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.48104.81
Housing mix0.2451.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA VILLEDIEU AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA VILLEDIEU). [3]

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. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA VILLEDIEU APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA VILLEDIEUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 91 2023: 52 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 45 (2012) → 52 (2023): 15.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 53 (1990) → 52 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 58, of which 37.9 % second homes and 19 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 4.2 km NE (Faux-la-Montagne)Pharmacy — 4.2 km NE (Faux-la-Montagne)Bakery — 4.3 km NE (Faux-la-Montagne)Food shop — 4.6 km W (Nedde)GP — 4.6 km NE (Faux-la-Montagne)
Primary school — 4.2 km NEPharmacy — 4.2 km NEBakery — 4.3 km NEFood shop — 4.6 km WGP — 4.6 km NE 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 (Faux-la-Montagne): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nedde): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Faux-la-Montagne): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Faux-la-Montagne): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Faux-la-Montagne): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23264/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23264/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23264/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23264/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23077
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87104

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Loreto-di-Tallano2A727 km SE477.9No daily shopsno figures
Quirbajou11324 km S4914.6No daily shopsno figures
Feilluns66334 km S5912No daily shopsno figures
Lanet11312 km S579.6No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Martin-de-Fenouillet66331 km S497.4No daily shopsno figures
La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes2346 km E521.9No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes2346 km E521.9No daily shopsno figures
Lanet11312 km S579.6No daily shopsno figures
Quirbajou11324 km S4914.6No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Martin-de-Fenouillet66331 km S497.4No daily shopsno figures
Feilluns66334 km S5912No daily shopsno figures
Loreto-di-Tallano2A727 km SE477.9No daily shopsno figures

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