Saint-Jouvent

Haute-Vienne · CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature · INSEE 87152

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jouvent (INSEE 87152) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. Population 1,625 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 11,054 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.58
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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) (CHAABANE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (ATLAIKA · LE 147). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE JADOU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHAABANE	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	3	ATLAIKA · LE 147	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LES CISEAUX DE JADOU	INSEE BPE 1 / 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

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 821 peak 2017: 1,659 2023: 1,625 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,639 (2012) → 1,625 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,292 (1990) → 1,625 (2023): 25.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 861, of which 7.9 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.7 km SWFood shop — 4.9 km SWPharmacy — 5.4 km W 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-Jouvent): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nieul): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nieul): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Peyrilhac): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Jouvent): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.7

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NANTIAT weather station, 5.5 km away at 335 m; the village itself is at 329 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LIMOGES-BELLEGARDE, 10.9 km away at 402 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 73 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 1,104 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NANTIAT, 5.5 km away at 335 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 — 87152/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87152/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87152/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87152/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87118
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
Coux	07	300 km SE	1,635	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles	28	297 km N	1,587	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Taponnat-Fleurignac	16	65 km W	1,593	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Les Magnils-Reigniers	85	195 km W	1,486	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 76 %
Escoutoux	63	183 km E	1,369	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sablons	33	150 km SW	1,314	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Taponnat-Fleurignac	16	65 km W	1,593	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sablons	33	150 km SW	1,314	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Escoutoux	63	183 km E	1,369	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Les Magnils-Reigniers	85	195 km W	1,486	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles	28	297 km N	1,587	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Coux	07	300 km SE	1,635	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · 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 Saint-Jouvent'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
Terres de Bord	27	365 km N	1,577	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Clarafond-Arcine	74	362 km E	1,068	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	347 km N	1,321	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rosoy	89	291 km NE	1,072	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère	86	77 km NW	1,290	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41	186 km N	904	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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