Rancon

Haute-Vienne · CC Gartempe - Saint Pardoux · INSEE 87121

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rancon (INSEE 87121) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Gartempe - Saint Pardoux. Population 475 (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/87121-rancon

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,911 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.73
Housing mix	0.44	5	2.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (JAMIE WALLER). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE RANCON MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SARL INFINITIF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	2	JAMIE WALLER	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	RANCON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE RANCON MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SARL INFINITIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 860 2023: 475 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 534 (2012) → 475 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 544 (1990) → 475 (2023): -12.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 436, of which 28 % second homes and 16.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.6 km EBakery — 7.2 km EGP — 7.2 km EPharmacy — 7.3 km E 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 (Châteauponsac): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteauponsac): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châteauponsac): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châteauponsac): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rancon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 45.3

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAGNAC-LAVAL weather station, 8.7 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 215 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAGNAC-LAVAL, 8.7 km away at 246 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUPONSAC, 6.4 km away at 282 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87121
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
Charnizay	37	88 km N	461	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ladinhac	15	185 km SE	434	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Goutrens	12	210 km SE	492	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	107 km N	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Queaux	86	45 km NW	586	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Coubisou	12	213 km SE	462	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Queaux	86	45 km NW	586	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Charnizay	37	88 km N	461	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	107 km N	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ladinhac	15	185 km SE	434	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Goutrens	12	210 km SE	492	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Coubisou	12	213 km SE	462	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Rancon'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
Charnizay	37	88 km N	461	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	107 km N	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Parlan	15	164 km SE	475	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Verosvres	71	253 km E	423	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chalvignac	15	129 km SE	450	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mosnay	36	64 km NE	459	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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