Cognac-la-Forêt

Haute-Vienne · CC Ouest Limousin · INSEE 87046

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

Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cognac-la-Forêt (INSEE 87046) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Ouest Limousin. Population 1,188 (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/87046-cognac-la-foret

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 13,256 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.83	10	8.3
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHRISTOPHE LEBRUN 2). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (RAPH PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARION DELAGE, MÉDECIN · JULIE BLANCHER-PROUZERGUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE COGNAC LA FORET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COGNAC LA FORET AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE-RELAIS DE COGNAC-LA-FORÊT MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LILY COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE SANDRINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES ALOUETTES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHRISTOPHE LEBRUN 2	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SAS FRANEROT	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	1	RAPH PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	2	MARION DELAGE, MÉDECIN · JULIE BLANCHER-PROUZERGUE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE COGNAC LA FORET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	COGNAC LA FORET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE-RELAIS DE COGNAC-LA-FORÊT MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LILY COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE SANDRINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 DES ALOUETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 951 2023: 1,188 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,050 (2012) → 1,188 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 893 (1990) → 1,188 (2023): 33 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 737, of which 11.1 % second homes and 16.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Cognac-la-Forêt): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cognac-la-Forêt): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cognac-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cognac-la-Forêt): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cognac-la-Forêt): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.1

Days at or below 0 °C 53.1

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST JUNIEN weather station, 10.5 km away at 271 m; the village itself is at 342 m. ^[9]

The village sits 71 m above 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST JUNIEN, 10.5 km away at 271 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 71 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 964 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST JUNIEN - MAN, 10.1 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87046
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
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes	53	272 km N	1,175	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Sagy	71	342 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Beaumont-du-Gâtinais	77	280 km NE	1,129	42.3	Partly served	no figures
Préchac	33	192 km SW	1,061	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Landivy	53	333 km NW	1,094	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Mortrée	61	320 km N	1,115	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Préchac	33	192 km SW	1,061	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 50 %
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes	53	272 km N	1,175	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Beaumont-du-Gâtinais	77	280 km NE	1,129	42.3	Partly served	no figures
Mortrée	61	320 km N	1,115	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Landivy	53	333 km NW	1,094	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Sagy	71	342 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Cognac-la-Forêt'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
Mortrée	61	320 km N	1,115	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse	89	328 km NE	1,396	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Droué	41	246 km N	999	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Moncontour	86	141 km NW	976	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Dangeau	28	265 km N	1,259	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelaude	03	132 km NE	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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