Saint-Gence

Haute-Vienne · CU Limoges Métropole · INSEE 87143

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

Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gence (INSEE 87143) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CU Limoges Métropole. Population 2,204 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/87143-saint-gence

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 8,969 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE SAINT GENCE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE MOULIN DE CHEVILLOU · LES REPAISSANCES DE VAUZELLE · JEPIZZ · AUBERGE MEDIEVALE VALLICELLA · LA CHASSAGNE). ^[3,4]

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

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIA POLLET, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN LEPRAT, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE ANDRIEUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE ST GENCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENCE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SUR MESURE · LAMBERT CELINE MARIE ALICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE SAINT GENCE	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	6	LE MOULIN DE CHEVILLOU · LES REPAISSANCES DE VAUZELLE · JEPIZZ · AUBERGE MEDIEVALE VALLICELLA · LA CHASSAGNE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	OLIVIA POLLET, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN LEPRAT, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE ANDRIEUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE ST GENCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GENCE	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	2	COIFFURE SUR MESURE · LAMBERT CELINE MARIE ALICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 8h à 13h 1 place Yves Lenfant. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 617 2023: 2,204 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,051 (2012) → 2,204 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,311 (1990) → 2,204 (2023): 68.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 988, of which 3.4 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.4 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 (Saint-Gence): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Nieul): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Gence): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gence): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Gence): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 28.5

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LIMOGES-BELLEGARDE weather station, 7.3 km away at 402 m; the village itself is at 307 m. ^[11]

The village sits 95 m below 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]

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

Humidity measured at LIMOGES-BELLEGARDE, 7.3 km away at 402 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 95 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LIMOGES-BELLEGARDE, 7.3 km away at 402 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87143/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.saint-gence.fr/vie_pratique/marche— “Le Marché de saint-gence a lieu le mercredi matin de 8h à 13h”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87143/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87143/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87143/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87107
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
Fontcouverte	17	135 km W	2,330	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Les Côtes-d'Arey	38	294 km E	2,023	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-le-Martel	87	20 km E	2,606	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Pujaudran	32	259 km S	1,750	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 68 %
Larra	31	243 km S	2,273	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Arenthon	74	402 km E	2,097	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 28 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Just-le-Martel	87	20 km E	2,606	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Fontcouverte	17	135 km W	2,330	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Larra	31	243 km S	2,273	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Pujaudran	32	259 km S	1,750	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 68 %
Les Côtes-d'Arey	38	294 km E	2,023	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Arenthon	74	402 km E	2,097	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 28 % · 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-Gence'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
Rouillé	86	101 km NW	2,533	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Grosbreuil	85	223 km W	2,221	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Taupont	56	354 km NW	2,428	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-le-Bourg	76	405 km N	1,881	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Viaud	44	283 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tuffalun	49	188 km NW	1,746	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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