Saint-Léger-la-Montagne

Haute-Vienne · CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature · INSEE 87159

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

Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Léger-la-Montagne (INSEE 87159) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. Population 362 (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/87159-saint-leger-la-montagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 18,059 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.49	10	4.92
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DES TROIS CLOCHERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	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	1	AUBERGE DES TROIS CLOCHERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 474 2023: 362 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 323 (2012) → 362 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 365 (1990) → 362 (2023): -0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 25.5 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.8 km EPrimary school — 4.8 km NEBakery — 5.1 km SEGP — 5.1 km SEPharmacy — 5.1 km SE 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 (La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Sulpice-Laurière): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.7

Days at or below 0 °C 36

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST LEGER LA MONTAGNE_SAPC weather station, 3.3 km away at 664 m; the village itself is at 520 m. ^[10]

The village sits 144 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. ^[10]

An average of 1,285 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST LEGER - MAN, 1.7 km away at 629 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87181
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
Couesmes-Vaucé	53	314 km NW	379	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Saisy	71	261 km NE	350	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 %
Langoëlan	56	422 km NW	403	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Basile	07	273 km SE	356	26	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 16 %
La Feuillie	50	412 km NW	302	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Gonlay	35	351 km NW	377	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saisy	71	261 km NE	350	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Basile	07	273 km SE	356	26	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 16 %
Couesmes-Vaucé	53	314 km NW	379	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Gonlay	35	351 km NW	377	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
La Feuillie	50	412 km NW	302	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Langoëlan	56	422 km NW	403	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %

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Elsewhere

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