Availles-Limouzine

Vienne · CC Vienne et Gartempe · INSEE 86015

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

Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Availles-Limouzine (INSEE 86015) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 1,312 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 12,612 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.49	10	4.91
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ANTIGNY). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA CHATELLENIE HOTEL RESTAURANT · AMAND LC · CHEZ CECILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'AVAILLES-LIMOUZINE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEROME SOUSTRE, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN AUBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (AVAILLES LIMOUZINE LPA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA CHATELLENIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PARC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	2	ANTIGNY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	LA CHATELLENIE HOTEL RESTAURANT · AMAND LC · CHEZ CECILE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'AVAILLES-LIMOUZINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEROME SOUSTRE, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN AUBERT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LAURENT	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	AVAILLES LIMOUZINE LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	JOSY COIFFURE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LA CHATELLENIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE PARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,515 2023: 1,312 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,289 (2012) → 1,312 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,324 (1990) → 1,312 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 989, of which 17.3 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Availles-Limouzine): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Availles-Limouzine): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Availles-Limouzine): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Availles-Limouzine): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Availles-Limouzine): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.2

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

Muggy days a summer 8.4

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE-VIGEANT weather station, 13.6 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 134 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE-VIGEANT, 13.6 km away at 117 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AVAILLES-LIMOUZ, 0.5 km away at 156 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/58239b25-9d2c-3529-8d44-f03ce8093fdd— “Marché d'Availles-Limouzine”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86015
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
Clécy	14	323 km N	1,286	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 %
Sagy	71	361 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Hirel	35	333 km NW	1,382	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes	53	233 km N	1,175	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Cognac-la-Forêt	87	42 km SE	1,188	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Maël-Carhaix	22	391 km NW	1,497	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cognac-la-Forêt	87	42 km SE	1,188	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 50 %
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes	53	233 km N	1,175	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Clécy	14	323 km N	1,286	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 %
Hirel	35	333 km NW	1,382	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Sagy	71	361 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Maël-Carhaix	22	391 km NW	1,497	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · 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 Availles-Limouzine'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
Charenton-du-Cher	18	167 km NE	984	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy	18	173 km NE	1,581	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Séverin	16	95 km S	784	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Muron	17	115 km W	1,378	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Trie-sur-Baïse	65	312 km S	1,006	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Adriers	86	19 km NE	698	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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