Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bussière
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bussière (INSEE 24381) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC du Périgord Nontronnais. Population 219 (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 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 16,520 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.31 | 10 | 3.08 |
| Housing mix | 0.18 | 5 | 0.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (BAIN MAIRI). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BARTHELEMY DE BUSSIERE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MAIRIE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BAIN MAIRI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 BARTHELEMY DE BUSSIERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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] | |
| 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
Population 230 (2012) → 219 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 271 (1990) → 219 (2023): -19.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 249, of which 41 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bussière): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Piégut-Pluviers): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Piégut-Pluviers): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Piégut-Pluviers): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Champniers-et-Reilhac): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the NONTRON-HOPITAL weather station, 14.3 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 307 m. [11]
The village sits 105 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 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST MARTIN DE FRESSENGEAS, 19.7 km away at 277 m, over 19 summers. [11]
An average of 1,098 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PIEGUT PLUVIERS, 4.9 km away at 273 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 — 24381/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24381/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24381/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24381/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24381
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24328
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24100
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavières | 15 | 210 km E | 184 | 23.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 % |
| Antignac | 15 | 143 km E | 284 | 22.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 % |
| Saint-Amandin | 15 | 155 km E | 225 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 % |
| Carlucet | 46 | 122 km SE | 230 | 22.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cabrerets | 46 | 145 km SE | 220 | 36.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Neuilly-en-Sancerre | 18 | 237 km NE | 244 | 21.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlucet | 46 | 122 km SE | 230 | 22.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Antignac | 15 | 143 km E | 284 | 22.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 % |
| Cabrerets | 46 | 145 km SE | 220 | 36.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Amandin | 15 | 155 km E | 225 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 % |
| Clavières | 15 | 210 km E | 184 | 23.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 % |
| Neuilly-en-Sancerre | 18 | 237 km NE | 244 | 21.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
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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-Barthélemy-de-Bussière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel | 36 | 115 km NE | 295 | 20.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sexcles | 19 | 118 km SE | 228 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sémelay | 58 | 274 km NE | 223 | 22.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuillon | 58 | 288 km NE | 243 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coulonges-les-Hérolles | 86 | 90 km N | 230 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Cirgues-la-Loutre | 19 | 122 km SE | 188 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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