Bersac-sur-Rivalier

Haute-Vienne · CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature · INSEE 87013

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bersac-sur-Rivalier (INSEE 87013) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. Population 610 (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/87013-bersac-sur-rivalier

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 17,004 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.41
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BERSAC SUR RIVALIER AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (DÉPÔT DE BERSAC SUR RIVALIER). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BERSAC SUR RIVALIER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	DÉPÔT DE BERSAC SUR RIVALIER	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 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 955 2023: 610 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 613 (2012) → 610 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 586 (1990) → 610 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 466, of which 18.9 % second homes and 18.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km EFood shop — 4.0 km EGP — 5.4 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 km SE 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 (Laurière): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laurière): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bessines-sur-Gartempe): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sulpice-Laurière): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bersac-sur-Rivalier): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.3

Days at or below 0 °C 71.1

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BESSINES weather station, 5.3 km away at 301 m; the village itself is at 397 m. ^[12]

The village sits 96 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. ^[12]

An average of 1,085 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAURIERE, 4.2 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87013
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
Condat-sur-Ganaveix	19	69 km S	643	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %
Celles	24	118 km SW	619	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 51 %
Grury	71	202 km E	490	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Eyrein	19	92 km SE	514	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac	87	38 km W	452	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Le Fay	71	306 km E	616	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac	87	38 km W	452	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Condat-sur-Ganaveix	19	69 km S	643	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %
Eyrein	19	92 km SE	514	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Celles	24	118 km SW	619	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 51 %
Grury	71	202 km E	490	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Le Fay	71	306 km E	616	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %

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