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Les Salles-Lavauguyon

Haute-Vienne · CC Porte Océane du Limousin · INSEE 87189

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

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Salles-Lavauguyon (INSEE 87189) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Porte Océane du Limousin. Population 157 (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/87189-les-salles-lavauguyon

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 14,453 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.25102.48
Housing mix0.351.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar (CŒUR DE LION). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (LOUIS J). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1CŒUR DE LIONINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LOUIS JINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 332 2023: 157 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 175 (2012) → 157 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 210 (1990) → 157 (2023): -25.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 35.2 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 5.0 km NW (Massignac)Bakery — 5.1 km NW (Massignac)Primary school — 5.2 km NW (Massignac)GP — 9.2 km E (Vayres)
In the commune Food shop Pharmacy — 5.0 km NWBakery — 5.1 km NWPrimary school — 5.2 km NWGP — 9.2 km E 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 (Massignac): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Les Salles-Lavauguyon): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Vayres): 9.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Massignac): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Massignac): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHERONNAC_SAPC weather station, 5.1 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 266 m. [11]

An average of 1,073 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHERONNAC_SAPC, 5.1 km away at 295 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 — 87189/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87189/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87189/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87189/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 16212
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87189
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 87199
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sauret-Besserve63166 km E16315.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Vallecalle2B773 km SE16921Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 %
Chein-Dessus31303 km S20922.3Few servicesno figures
Romestaing47157 km S16313.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %
Trémouille-Saint-Loup63148 km E14013.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Aulon2385 km NE16312.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aulon2385 km NE16312.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Trémouille-Saint-Loup63148 km E14013.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Romestaing47157 km S16313.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %
Sauret-Besserve63166 km E16315.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Chein-Dessus31303 km S20922.3Few servicesno figures
Vallecalle2B773 km SE16921Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 %

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