Les Cars

Identity

Les Cars (INSEE 87029) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Pays de Nexon Monts de Chalus. Population 612 (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/87029-les-cars

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 16,981 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES CARS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LES CARS). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (ZONE DE LOISIRS DES RIBIERES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EIRL CREA'TIPH). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 616 (2012) → 612 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 551 (1990) → 612 (2023): 11.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 353, of which 9.1 % second homes and 17.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Cars): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Cars): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Flavignac): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Châlus): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Cars): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

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, 8.2 km away at 403 m; the village itself is at 355 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHALUS_SAPC, 8.2 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, 8.1 km away at 397 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 90,000 € — 717 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Haute-Vienne is 1,091 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87029/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87029/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87029/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87029/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87029
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87066
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87032
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025