Val d'Issoire

Haute-Vienne · CC Haut Limousin en Marche · INSEE 87097

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val d'Issoire (INSEE 87097) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Haut Limousin en Marche. Population 1,076 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Bussière-Boffy (87026). ^[3]

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/87097-val-d-issoire

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 13,876 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	25	0
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.39	10	3.92
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (LA MANDRAGORE). ^[5,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[5]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIGIZO WIEGERSMA, MÉDECIN). ^[5]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CANELLAS). ^[5,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (BUSSIERE BOFFY AP · LA POSTE). ^[5]

2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE PAULE LAVERGNE - MÉZIÈRES-SUR-ISSOIRE · POINT LECTURE DE BUSSIÈRE-BOFFY). ^[5]

2 × Hairdresser (EXCEPTION COIFFURE · AMBIANCE). ^[5,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant	1	LA MANDRAGORE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [5,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SIGIZO WIEGERSMA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CANELLAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale	2	BUSSIERE BOFFY AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [5]
Library	2	MÉDIATHÈQUE PAULE LAVERGNE - MÉZIÈRES-SUR-ISSOIRE · POINT LECTURE DE BUSSIÈRE-BOFFY	INSEE BPE 2 [5]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser	2	EXCEPTION COIFFURE · AMBIANCE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [5,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,528 2023: 1,076 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,161 (2012) → 1,076 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,206 (1990) → 1,076 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 813, of which 13.7 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.4 km SBakery — 10.6 km SE 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 (Blond): 10.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Nouic): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Val d'Issoire): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Val d'Issoire): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Val d'Issoire): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 49.9

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BUSSIERE BOFFY weather station, 7.1 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 248 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BELLAC, 11 km away at 246 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES SUR IS, 0.7 km away at 247 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 — 87097/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87097/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87097/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87097/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87097
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
Ladignac-le-Long	87	60 km S	1,171	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cieux	87	17 km SE	1,003	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ploërdut	56	387 km NW	1,255	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Le Grand-Bourg	23	57 km E	1,167	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Azay-le-Ferron	36	84 km N	817	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ceaucé	61	290 km NW	1,165	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cieux	87	17 km SE	1,003	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grand-Bourg	23	57 km E	1,167	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ladignac-le-Long	87	60 km S	1,171	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Azay-le-Ferron	36	84 km N	817	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ceaucé	61	290 km NW	1,165	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Ploërdut	56	387 km NW	1,255	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · 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 Val d'Issoire'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
Ladignac-le-Long	87	60 km S	1,171	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cieux	87	17 km SE	1,003	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Romenay	71	322 km E	1,748	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Orsennes	36	72 km NE	696	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gourgé	79	108 km NW	884	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Étais-la-Sauvin	89	242 km NE	631	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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