Blanzac

Haute-Vienne · CC Haut Limousin en Marche · INSEE 87017

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

Few services 26.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blanzac (INSEE 87017) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Haut Limousin en Marche. Population 468 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/87017-blanzac

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,894 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.35
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (G.M.P.A). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (MIETTES DE PAIN SASU). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE BLANZAC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	G.M.P.A	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	MIETTES DE PAIN SASU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE BLANZAC	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 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: 495 peak 2012: 509 2023: 468 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 509 (2012) → 468 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 452 (1990) → 468 (2023): 3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 9.7 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.1 km WGP — 4.1 km WPrimary school — 4.3 km WFood shop — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 4.6 km W 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 (Blanzac): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bellac): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bellac): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bellac): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bellac): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 56.2

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 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, 4.9 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 260 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BELLAC, 4.9 km away at 246 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BELLAC, 4.9 km away at 246 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 — 87017/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87017/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87017/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87017/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87017
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87011
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
Chambilly	71	224 km E	464	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Féron	59	486 km NE	514	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sully-la-Chapelle	45	220 km N	464	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Dompierre-sur-Charente	17	133 km W	477	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Souancé-au-Perche	28	238 km N	486	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Giel-Courteilles	61	309 km N	488	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dompierre-sur-Charente	17	133 km W	477	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Sully-la-Chapelle	45	220 km N	464	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Chambilly	71	224 km E	464	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Souancé-au-Perche	28	238 km N	486	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Giel-Courteilles	61	309 km N	488	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Féron	59	486 km NE	514	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · 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 Blanzac'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
Le Cuing	31	335 km S	482	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mantry	39	348 km E	472	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chenecey-Buillon	25	386 km E	491	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Looze	89	272 km NE	443	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Wingen	67	596 km NE	445	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Prasville	28	242 km N	451	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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