Saint-Bonnet-Briance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Bonnet-Briance (INSEE 87138) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC de Noblat. 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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.77 | 5 | 3.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BONNET BRIANCE AP). [3]
1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE SAINT-BONNET-BRIANCE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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 [3,4] | |
| 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | SAINT BONNET BRIANCE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | POINT LECTURE DE SAINT-BONNET-BRIANCE | 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 | 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
Population 584 (2012) → 531 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 498 (1990) → 531 (2023): 6.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 358, of which 11.5 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Bonnet-Briance): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Linards): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Linards): 4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Linards): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Bonnet-Briance): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PIERRE-BUFFIERE weather station, 8.6 km away at 326 m; the village itself is at 382 m. [10]
The village sits 56 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at EYMOUTIERS, 17.8 km away at 557 m, over 27 summers. [10]
That station sits 175 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PIERRE-BUFFIERE, 8.6 km away at 326 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
36 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 115,850 € — 854 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Haute-Vienne is 1,091 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87138/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87138/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87138/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87138/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87138
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 87086
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champnétery | 87 | 16 km NE | 512 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Victor-de-Buthon | 28 | 303 km N | 510 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Boucé | 03 | 170 km NE | 507 | 27.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Felzins | 46 | 133 km SE | 464 | 31.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plufur | 22 | 500 km NW | 529 | 27 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Fay | 71 | 315 km E | 616 | 28.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champnétery | 87 | 16 km NE | 512 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Felzins | 46 | 133 km SE | 464 | 31.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boucé | 03 | 170 km NE | 507 | 27.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Victor-de-Buthon | 28 | 303 km N | 510 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Fay | 71 | 315 km E | 616 | 28.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plufur | 22 | 500 km NW | 529 | 27 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · 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 Saint-Bonnet-Briance'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champnétery | 87 | 16 km NE | 512 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Victor-de-Buthon | 28 | 303 km N | 510 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Martigny-le-Comte | 71 | 239 km NE | 406 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Berneuil | 87 | 49 km NW | 418 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac | 87 | 65 km NW | 452 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Désiré | 03 | 115 km NE | 424 | 34.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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