Bujaleuf
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bujaleuf (INSEE 87024) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC des Portes de Vassivière. Population 869 (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 52.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 15,180 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 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.7 |
| Housing mix | 0.59 | 5 | 2.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE MARTIN). [3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LC TRAITEUR · LE RELAIS DU LAC). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE CREOLIA). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DUTREIX-GIROIR). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BUJALEUF AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BUJALEUF). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE SAINTE HELENE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CELY'COIFF). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC DE BUJALEUF). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | PATISSERIE MARTIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PROXI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | LC TRAITEUR · LE RELAIS DU LAC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE CREOLIA | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DUTREIX-GIROIR | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | BUJALEUF AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BUJALEUF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | LAC DE SAINTE HELENE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | CELY'COIFF | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DU LAC DE BUJALEUF | 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
Population 862 (2012) → 869 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 999 (1990) → 869 (2023): -13 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 645, of which 20.6 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bujaleuf): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Bujaleuf): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Eymoutiers): 10.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-la-Forêt): 9.5 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Bujaleuf): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the EYMOUTIERS weather station, 8.8 km away at 557 m; the village itself is at 380 m. [12]
The village sits 177 m below 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at EYMOUTIERS, 8.8 km away at 557 m, over 27 summers. [12]
That station sits 177 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,186 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST LEONAR - MAN, 8.7 km away at 387 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 — 87024/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/7c642596-c7d3-3ca5-91a6-8e5f3d976d4b— “Marché”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87024/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87024/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87024/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87024
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87064
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87040
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fanjeaux | 11 | 292 km S | 885 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 % |
| Gauriac | 33 | 193 km SW | 759 | 57.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Montaudin | 53 | 350 km NW | 879 | 55 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vouvant | 85 | 204 km NW | 829 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan | 30 | 270 km SE | 889 | 56.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charenton-du-Cher | 18 | 130 km NE | 984 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charenton-du-Cher | 18 | 130 km NE | 984 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 % |
| Gauriac | 33 | 193 km SW | 759 | 57.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vouvant | 85 | 204 km NW | 829 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan | 30 | 270 km SE | 889 | 56.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fanjeaux | 11 | 292 km S | 885 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 % |
| Montaudin | 53 | 350 km NW | 879 | 55 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · 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 Bujaleuf'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouvant | 85 | 204 km NW | 829 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Charroux | 86 | 102 km NW | 1,036 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marsac | 23 | 34 km N | 643 | 56.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc | 07 | 245 km SE | 845 | 62.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mouliherne | 49 | 223 km NW | 836 | 44.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hautefort | 24 | 70 km SW | 806 | 62.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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