La Porcherie

Haute-Vienne · CC Briance Sud Haute Vienne · INSEE 87120

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Porcherie (INSEE 87120) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Briance Sud Haute Vienne. Population 531 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/87120-la-porcherie

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,610 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.73
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA BORNE 40 · AUBERGE SAINT ROCH). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	3	LA BORNE 40 · AUBERGE SAINT ROCH	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA PORCHERIE 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 931 2023: 531 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 560 (2012) → 531 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 608 (1990) → 531 (2023): -12.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 398, of which 25.1 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km WFood shop — 4.9 km SWGP — 4.9 km SPharmacy — 5.8 km NW 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 (Saint-Germain-les-Belles): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Masseret): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Masseret): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-les-Belles): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Porcherie): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.3

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN BELL weather station, 5 km away at 418 m; the village itself is at 493 m. ^[11]

The village sits 75 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,129 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST GERMAIN BELL, 5 km away at 418 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 — 87120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19129
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87120
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
Saint-Fraimbault	61	365 km NW	545	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Médard-la-Rochette	23	70 km NE	559	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 47 %
Parnac	36	97 km N	509	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Avit-Sénieur	24	106 km SW	422	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Val-d'Étangson	72	267 km N	530	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil	24	46 km SW	546	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil	24	46 km SW	546	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Médard-la-Rochette	23	70 km NE	559	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 47 %
Parnac	36	97 km N	509	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Avit-Sénieur	24	106 km SW	422	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Val-d'Étangson	72	267 km N	530	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Fraimbault	61	365 km NW	545	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %

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