Pierre-Buffière

Haute-Vienne · CC Briance Sud Haute Vienne · INSEE 87119

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

Partly served 42.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pierre-Buffière (INSEE 87119) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Briance Sud Haute Vienne. Population 1,139 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 42.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 13,561 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	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.57	10	5.68
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 2 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (PROXI SUPER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU FIL DU FOOD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE VIADUC). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE FERNAND LAGRANGE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIMON ALBERT, MÉDECIN · BAPTISTE BORDERIE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CLAIRE VAN DEN HOVE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (DEPOT DE PIERRE BUFFIÈRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (UNIV'HAIR COIFFURE · L'HAIR D'ELODIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DUPUYTREN - ANTIC PLACE ROYALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE CHABANAS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	PROXI SUPER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	AU FIL DU FOOD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE VIADUC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE FERNAND LAGRANGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	SIMON ALBERT, MÉDECIN · BAPTISTE BORDERIE, MÉDECIN · ANNE-CLAIRE VAN DEN HOVE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	DEPOT DE PIERRE BUFFIÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	UNIV'HAIR COIFFURE · L'HAIR D'ELODIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DUPUYTREN - ANTIC PLACE ROYALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE CHABANAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,237 2023: 1,139 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,163 (2012) → 1,139 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,066 (1990) → 1,139 (2023): 6.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 9.8 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.6 km SEPharmacy — 8.4 km NE 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 (Pierre-Buffière): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pierre-Buffière): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pierre-Buffière): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pierre-Buffière): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 61.7

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PIERRE-BUFFIERE weather station, 1.2 km away at 326 m; the village itself is at 294 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LIMOGES VILLE, 16.4 km away at 252 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PIERRE-BUFFIERE, 1.2 km away at 326 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 — 87119/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/cb159c64-1ba7-3c9a-8246-6fd1baf0a677— “Marché à Pierre-Buffière”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87119/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87119/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87119/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87174
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
Barenton	50	363 km NW	1,161	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Pesmes	70	367 km NE	1,083	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Nouvion	80	503 km N	1,196	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Caudrot	33	171 km SW	1,134	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
La Redorte	11	291 km S	1,238	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 38 % · humidity 50 %
Thiaucourt-Regniéville	54	497 km NE	1,120	43.5	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caudrot	33	171 km SW	1,134	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
La Redorte	11	291 km S	1,238	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 38 % · humidity 50 %
Barenton	50	363 km NW	1,161	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Pesmes	70	367 km NE	1,083	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Thiaucourt-Regniéville	54	497 km NE	1,120	43.5	Partly served	no figures
Nouvion	80	503 km N	1,196	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Pierre-Buffière'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
Gourdan-Polignan	31	298 km S	1,177	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines	78	338 km N	1,468	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mercus-Garrabet	09	314 km S	1,238	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Arnac-Pompadour	19	33 km S	1,205	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chevillon	52	425 km NE	1,244	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Hatten	67	613 km NE	1,912	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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