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Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille

Haute-Vienne · CC Haut Limousin en Marche · INSEE 87149

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

No daily shops 18/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille (INSEE 87149) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Haut Limousin en Marche. Population 361 (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/87149-saint-hilaire-la-treille

Vitality score

Vitality score 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 18,032 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.3102.97
Housing mix0.5752.85

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 ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT HILAIRE LA TREILLE AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT HILAIRE LA TREILLE). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT HILAIRE LA TREILLE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT HILAIRE LA TREILLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 681 2023: 361 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 395 (2012) → 361 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 453 (1990) → 361 (2023): -20.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 21.5 % second homes and 21.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.6 km E (Arnac-la-Poste)Pharmacy — 4.6 km E (Arnac-la-Poste)Bakery — 4.7 km E (Arnac-la-Poste)GP — 8.4 km NE (Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.6 km EPharmacy — 4.6 km EBakery — 4.7 km EGP — 8.4 km NE 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 (Arnac-la-Poste): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Arnac-la-Poste): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Arnac-la-Poste): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [11]

Measured at the MAGNAC-LAVAL weather station, 11.1 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 286 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MAGNAC-LAVAL, 11.1 km away at 246 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 940 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST SULPICE LES, 8.2 km away at 290 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87149/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87149/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87149/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87149/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87003
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87182
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87149
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fabas09350 km S35421.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Just-près-Brioude43194 km SE39820.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Bourriot-Bergonce40266 km SW32621.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 78 %
Pouzy-Mésangy03139 km E37819.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest03105 km E38322.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Fleuriel03143 km E33621.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest03105 km E38322.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Pouzy-Mésangy03139 km E37819.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Fleuriel03143 km E33621.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-près-Brioude43194 km SE39820.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Bourriot-Bergonce40266 km SW32621.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 78 %
Fabas09350 km S35421.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · 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-Hilaire-la-Treille'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac8730 km W45219.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Jouillat2348 km E38719.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ambernac1667 km SW38117.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny18151 km NE31617No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé72171 km NW33718.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Roumégoux15170 km SE33625.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %