La Bussière

Vienne · CC Vienne et Gartempe · INSEE 86040

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

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Bussière (INSEE 86040) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 298 (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/86040-la-bussiere

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,809 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.25	10	2.54
Housing mix	0.18	5	0.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (PROMI MARIE-YVONNETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AIRE DE LOISIR DE LA TUILERIE). ^[4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (AIRE DE LOISIRS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	1	PROMI MARIE-YVONNETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AIRE DE LOISIR DE LA TUILERIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA BUSSIERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	AIRE DE LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 622 2023: 298 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 327 (2012) → 298 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 395 (1990) → 298 (2023): -24.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 41 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 5.1 km NPrimary school — 5.2 km SEGP — 5.3 km NFood shop — 8.0 km SPharmacy — 8.3 km S 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-Pierre-de-Maillé): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Savin): 8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Savin): 8.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Nalliers): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.5

Days at or below 0 °C 59.8

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHAUVIGNY-Mareu weather station, 10.7 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNY, 12.4 km away at 138 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANTIGNY, 9.2 km away at 99 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 — 86040/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86040/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86040/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86040/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86175
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
Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo	2B	847 km SE	330	26	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Gréez-sur-Roc	72	167 km N	344	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Prinsuéjols-Malbouzon	48	280 km SE	246	23	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Gargilesse-Dampierre	36	61 km E	262	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Rochepaule	07	330 km SE	237	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Cantoin	12	253 km SE	312	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gargilesse-Dampierre	36	61 km E	262	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Gréez-sur-Roc	72	167 km N	344	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Cantoin	12	253 km SE	312	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Prinsuéjols-Malbouzon	48	280 km SE	246	23	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Rochepaule	07	330 km SE	237	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo	2B	847 km SE	330	26	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

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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 La 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
Montcombroux-les-Mines	03	222 km E	295	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Cellette	23	95 km E	266	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Prix	07	342 km SE	269	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pleuville	16	66 km SW	313	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Colméry	58	200 km NE	268	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Isle-et-Bardais	03	150 km E	273	11.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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