Saint-Priest-Taurion

Haute-Vienne · CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature · INSEE 87178

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

Partly served 49.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Priest-Taurion (INSEE 87178) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Élan Limousin Avenir Nature. Population 2,901 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/87178-saint-priest-taurion

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 7,313 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.66	10	6.58
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LES SAVEURS DU TERROIR). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUX DELICES DES EPICES · INDIAN FOOD EI · RELAIS DU TAURION). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENJAMIN CLAYETTE, MÉDECIN · LYDIA CHALOPIN-ROLO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE SAINT PRIEST TAURION). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (LE GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MC CREATION COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DES PAINS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL LES SAVEURS DU TERROIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	AUX DELICES DES EPICES · INDIAN FOOD EI · RELAIS DU TAURION	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BENJAMIN CLAYETTE, MÉDECIN · LYDIA CHALOPIN-ROLO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU TAURION	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT-LECTURE DE SAINT PRIEST TAURION	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	LE GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MC CREATION COIFFURE	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]
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: 1,687 2023: 2,901 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,830 (2012) → 2,901 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,506 (1990) → 2,901 (2023): 15.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,423, of which 4.3 % second homes and 5.4 % 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-Priest-Taurion): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Priest-Taurion): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Priest-Taurion): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Priest-Taurion): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Priest-Taurion): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23

Days at or below 0 °C 65.8

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE PALAIS SUR VIENNE weather station, 4.4 km away at 286 m; the village itself is at 240 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LIMOGES VILLE, 12 km away at 252 m, over 24 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE PALAIS SUR VIENNE, 4.4 km away at 286 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87178
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
Margaux-Cantenac	33	187 km SW	2,845	54.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Seiches-sur-le-Loir	49	231 km NW	2,844	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Mussidan	24	124 km SW	2,771	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Le Plessis-Grammoire	49	227 km NW	2,664	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Caderousse	84	330 km SE	2,493	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
La Couture-Boussey	27	335 km N	2,295	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mussidan	24	124 km SW	2,771	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Margaux-Cantenac	33	187 km SW	2,845	54.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Le Plessis-Grammoire	49	227 km NW	2,664	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Seiches-sur-le-Loir	49	231 km NW	2,844	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Caderousse	84	330 km SE	2,493	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
La Couture-Boussey	27	335 km N	2,295	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Priest-Taurion'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
Schirrhein	67	588 km NE	2,251	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Polliat	01	290 km E	2,741	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Ceyzériat	01	305 km E	3,328	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Sennecey-le-Grand	71	280 km E	2,895	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Rœschwoog	67	597 km NE	2,275	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Wassy	52	395 km NE	2,771	55.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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