Saint-Paul

Haute-Vienne · CC de Noblat · INSEE 87174

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

Partly served 48.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paul (INSEE 87174) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC de Noblat. Population 1,235 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/87174-saint-paul

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 77 % of the 13,055 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.64	10	6.35
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS LE FOURNIL DE MARIE · L'UTOPIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ATELIER DU BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES DEUX CYGNES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AGATHE SIGNAMARCHEIX, MÉDECIN · FLORENT RINUCCINI, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PARKER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PANTEIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PAUL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BR DE SAINT PAUL). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (SATISF'HAIR · CONCEPT COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SAS LE FOURNIL DE MARIE · L'UTOPIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'ATELIER DU BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	COOP	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 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	LES DEUX CYGNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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)	3	AGATHE SIGNAMARCHEIX, MÉDECIN · FLORENT RINUCCINI, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE PARKER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PANTEIX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT PAUL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BR DE SAINT PAUL	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	4	SATISF'HAIR · CONCEPT COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 1,049 peak 2012: 1,249 2023: 1,235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,249 (2012) → 1,235 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,088 (1990) → 1,235 (2023): 13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 685, of which 7.6 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Paul): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paul): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Paul): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Paul): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 61.7

Muggy days a summer 3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PIERRE-BUFFIERE weather station, 8.7 km away at 326 m; the village itself is at 330 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LIMOGES VILLE, 15.1 km away at 252 m, over 24 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 78 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PIERRE-BUFFIERE, 8.7 km away at 326 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87174
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
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	150 km NW	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	364 km NE	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Coligny	01	310 km E	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Tesson	17	162 km W	1,148	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Virieu-le-Grand	01	327 km E	1,111	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Rolampont	52	382 km NE	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	150 km NW	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Tesson	17	162 km W	1,148	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Coligny	01	310 km E	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Virieu-le-Grand	01	327 km E	1,111	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	364 km NE	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Rolampont	52	382 km NE	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Paul'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
Tramayes	71	252 km E	1,070	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Fessard	45	265 km N	1,161	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Meusnes	41	167 km N	1,013	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Cognac-la-Forêt	87	34 km W	1,188	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Girancourt	88	457 km NE	877	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Piat	28	311 km N	1,120	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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