Bussière-Galant

Haute-Vienne · CC Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus · INSEE 87027

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 50.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bussière-Galant (INSEE 87027) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus. Population 1,298 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 50.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 12,699 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.48	10	4.77
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHATEAU DIDIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ CHRISTOPHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (THE CALIFORMNIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STEFANIE VIERSEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (BUSSIERE GALANT GARE RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BUSSIÈRE-GALANT). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (ESPACE HERMELINE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE LA GARE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES RIBIERES · CAMPING NATURISTE BOS REDON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	CHATEAU DIDIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHEZ CHRISTOPHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	THE CALIFORMNIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	STEFANIE VIERSEN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	BUSSIERE GALANT GARE RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BUSSIÈRE-GALANT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	ESPACE HERMELINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LE SALON DE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES RIBIERES · CAMPING NATURISTE BOS REDON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,843 2023: 1,298 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,376 (2012) → 1,298 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,329 (1990) → 1,298 (2023): -2.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 980, of which 16.7 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.3 km SPharmacy — 5.1 km NW 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 (Bussière-Galant): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bussière-Galant): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bussière-Galant): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Châlus): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bussière-Galant): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 38.9

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHALUS_SAPC weather station, 5 km away at 403 m; the village itself is at 435 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHALUS_SAPC, 5 km away at 403 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,196 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHALUS - MAN, 4.9 km away at 397 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 — 87027/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/e2611aa1-f48d-329c-9454-1e51512deabb— “Marché de producteurs”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87027/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87027/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87027/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87027
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87032
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
Luché-Pringé	72	242 km N	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Montréal	32	198 km S	1,171	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Cernin	15	125 km SE	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Coussac-Bonneval	87	26 km SE	1,262	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Guilliers	56	375 km NW	1,368	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montaigu-de-Quercy	82	143 km S	1,294	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coussac-Bonneval	87	26 km SE	1,262	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cernin	15	125 km SE	1,039	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Montaigu-de-Quercy	82	143 km S	1,294	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Montréal	32	198 km S	1,171	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 21 %
Luché-Pringé	72	242 km N	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Guilliers	56	375 km NW	1,368	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Bussière-Galant'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
Coussac-Bonneval	87	26 km SE	1,262	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Guilliers	56	375 km NW	1,368	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grand-Bourg	23	76 km NE	1,167	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ceaucé	61	343 km N	1,165	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lonlay-l'Abbaye	61	361 km N	1,123	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mansigné	72	246 km N	1,555	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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