Champagnac-la-Rivière
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Champagnac-la-Rivière (INSEE 87034) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Ouest Limousin. Population 603 (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 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 17,037 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.52 | 5 | 2.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAMPAGNAC LA RIVIERE AP). [3]
1 × Campsite. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| 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 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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 | CHAMPAGNAC LA RIVIERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 564 (2012) → 603 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 576 (1990) → 603 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 472, of which 23.9 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Champagnac-la-Rivière): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Oradour-sur-Vayres): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
GP (Oradour-sur-Vayres): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Oradour-sur-Vayres): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Champagnac-la-Rivière): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CHAMPAGNAC LA R weather station, 2 km away at 340 m; the village itself is at 308 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CHALUS_SAPC, 8.8 km away at 403 m, over 10 summers. [12]
That station sits 95 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 1,180 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CHAMPAGNAC LA R, 2 km away at 340 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 — 87034/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/44a8fe1b-9e18-33f6-8d84-4b249d04cf88— “Marché à la Ferme Ane et Carotte”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/8c3d4cb2-03cb-3474-b8fd-2ad4fa79d3c2— “Marché de Champagnac la Rivière”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87034/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87034/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87034/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87034
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87111
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur | 71 | 358 km E | 641 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 % |
| Saint-Estèphe | 24 | 23 km SW | 583 | 34.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tours-sur-Meymont | 63 | 207 km E | 542 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 % |
| Allemans | 24 | 67 km SW | 544 | 33.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champsac | 87 | 3.5 km E | 702 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sanvensa | 12 | 181 km SE | 643 | 34.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champsac | 87 | 3.5 km E | 702 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Estèphe | 24 | 23 km SW | 583 | 34.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allemans | 24 | 67 km SW | 544 | 33.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sanvensa | 12 | 181 km SE | 643 | 34.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tours-sur-Meymont | 63 | 207 km E | 542 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur | 71 | 358 km E | 641 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 % |
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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 Champagnac-la-Rivière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champsac | 87 | 3.5 km E | 702 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Parly | 89 | 294 km NE | 817 | 35.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Blond | 87 | 38 km N | 674 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Janailhac | 87 | 27 km E | 524 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sauveterre-de-Comminges | 31 | 298 km S | 702 | 26.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Anzême | 23 | 96 km NE | 551 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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