Bellac
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bellac (INSEE 87011) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Haut Limousin en Marche. Population 3,537 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/87011-bellac
Vitality score
Vitality score 48/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 45 % of the 6,223 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.39 |
| Social | 0.8 | 20 | 16.08 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.22 | 10 | 2.18 |
| Housing mix | 0.84 | 5 | 4.19 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BARDET · BOUCHERIE MANAHAN). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (LIDL · PITULA · TULIPE · CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (O BELL'ACCUEIL CHEZ ERIC ET CARINE · MATINE KEBAB · RESTO'SHATU). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LE TERMINUS · LE COMMERCE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JOLIBOIS). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS JOUVET). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIGIZO WIEGERSMA, MÉDECIN · DIDIER PFENNIG, MÉDECIN · GERARD OCCELLI, MÉDECIN · HERVÉ RAYAR, MÉDECIN · FLORENT MAGNIEN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHEVALIER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE JEAN GIRAUDOUX - TÊTE DE RÉSEAU). [3]
1 × Cinema (LUX). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (LES ROCHETTES · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL MARTIN NADAUD · JOLIBOIS). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BELLAC · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · BELLAC · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (C.K.F · ART'TECHNIC · COIFFURE ERIEL · COUPE-TIF · DUO STYLE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA GARE · HOTEL DU PARC). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES ROCHETTES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE BARDET · BOUCHERIE MANAHAN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 4 | LIDL · PITULA · TULIPE · CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | O BELL'ACCUEIL CHEZ ERIC ET CARINE · MATINE KEBAB · RESTO'SHATU | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LE TERMINUS · LE COMMERCE | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE JOLIBOIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE LOUIS JOUVET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | SIGIZO WIEGERSMA, MÉDECIN · DIDIER PFENNIG, MÉDECIN · GERARD OCCELLI, MÉDECIN · HERVÉ RAYAR, MÉDECIN · FLORENT MAGNIEN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE CHEVALIER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE JEAN GIRAUDOUX - TÊTE DE RÉSEAU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | LES ROCHETTES · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL MARTIN NADAUD · JOLIBOIS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BELLAC · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN · BELLAC · BANQUE POPULAIRE AQUITAINE CENTRE ATLANTIQUE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | C.K.F · ART'TECHNIC · COIFFURE ERIEL · COUPE-TIF · DUO STYLE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL DE LA GARE · HOTEL DU PARC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES ROCHETTES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 9h à 12h au Champ de Foire (Place du 138ᵉ R.I.). [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,211 (2012) → 3,537 (2023): -16 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 4,924 (1990) → 3,537 (2023): -28.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,516, of which 8.1 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bellac): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Bellac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bellac): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bellac): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Bellac): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BELLAC weather station, 0.5 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 239 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BELLAC, 0.5 km away at 246 m, over 11 summers. [10]
An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BELLAC, 0.5 km away at 241 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
268 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 77,750 € — 770 € per m² of built surface. [11]
46 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 71,000 € — 579 € per m². [11]
The median across Haute-Vienne is 1,091 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87011/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.bellac.fr/foire-et-marche/— “Chaque samedi de 9h à 12h , au Champ de Foire (Place du 138ᵉ R.I.)”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87011/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87011/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87011/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87011
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Didier-en-Velay | 43 | 267 km E | 3,523 | 48.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Plan-d'Orgon | 13 | 403 km SE | 3,573 | 51.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 % |
| Givry | 71 | 293 km E | 3,598 | 48.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anould | 88 | 502 km NE | 3,234 | 45.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mont-près-Chambord | 41 | 163 km N | 3,386 | 44.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 % |
| Nogent | 52 | 388 km NE | 3,550 | 41 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-près-Chambord | 41 | 163 km N | 3,386 | 44.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 % |
| Saint-Didier-en-Velay | 43 | 267 km E | 3,523 | 48.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Givry | 71 | 293 km E | 3,598 | 48.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nogent | 52 | 388 km NE | 3,550 | 41 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plan-d'Orgon | 13 | 403 km SE | 3,573 | 51.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 % |
| Anould | 88 | 502 km NE | 3,234 | 45.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · 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 Bellac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyzériat | 01 | 329 km E | 3,328 | 46.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 41 | 134 km N | 4,184 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vouillé | 86 | 89 km NW | 3,697 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Morhange | 57 | 523 km NE | 3,308 | 53.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure | 27 | 310 km N | 3,829 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains | 67 | 586 km NE | 4,347 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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