Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac

Haute-Vienne · CC Haut Limousin en Marche · INSEE 87139

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

No daily shops 19.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac (INSEE 87139) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Haut Limousin en Marche. Population 452 (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 19.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,953 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.68
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST BONNET DE BELLAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE SAINT-BONNET-DE-BELLAC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	ST BONNET DE BELLAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE SAINT-BONNET-DE-BELLAC	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

1968: 707 2023: 452 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 505 (2012) → 452 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 521 (1990) → 452 (2023): -13.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 16.7 % second homes and 16.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 7.5 km SWPharmacy — 7.6 km SWFood shop — 8.2 km NWBakery — 8.3 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 (Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe): 8.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val d'Issoire): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val d'Issoire): 7.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 56.2

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELLAC weather station, 9.4 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 203 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELLAC, 9.4 km away at 246 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES SUR IS, 7.4 km away at 247 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 — 87139/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87139/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87139/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87139/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87139
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
Grury	71	234 km E	490	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest	03	133 km E	383	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Just-près-Brioude	43	213 km SE	398	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Pouzy-Mésangy	03	168 km E	378	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Theil	03	169 km E	387	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Eyrein	19	121 km SE	514	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Eyrein	19	121 km SE	514	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest	03	133 km E	383	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Pouzy-Mésangy	03	168 km E	378	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Theil	03	169 km E	387	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Just-près-Brioude	43	213 km SE	398	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Grury	71	234 km E	490	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · 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 Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac'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
Pouzy-Mésangy	03	168 km E	378	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille	87	30 km E	361	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Verosvres	71	269 km E	423	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Loché-sur-Indrois	37	105 km N	482	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-de-Buthon	28	249 km N	510	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Ambernac	16	38 km SW	381	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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