Vayres

Haute-Vienne · CC Porte Océane du Limousin · INSEE 87199

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vayres (INSEE 87199) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC Porte Océane du Limousin. Population 703 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,372 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.24	10	2.43
Housing mix	0.6	5	2.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FAMILIALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ABREUVOIR · HISTOIRE SANS FAIM (BAR/RESTAURANT/SNACKING)). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRYSTELLE MARTIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (DIVIN'IN'TIF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA FAMILIALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'ABREUVOIR · HISTOIRE SANS FAIM (BAR/RESTAURANT/SNACKING)	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	CHRYSTELLE MARTIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VAYRES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	DIVIN'IN'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,388 2023: 703 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 825 (2012) → 703 (2023): -14.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 946 (1990) → 703 (2023): -25.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 583, of which 20.2 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 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 (Oradour-sur-Vayres): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vayres): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Vayres): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Oradour-sur-Vayres): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vayres): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 2

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, 3.9 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 293 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST JUNIEN, 17.8 km away at 271 m, over 29 summers. ^[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, 3.9 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87199/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/fb6abd37-b821-3179-9ea1-5aa5bb0c61ea— “Marché hebdomadaire de Vayres”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87199/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87199/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87199/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87199
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
Limalonges	79	65 km NW	843	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Salon-la-Tour	19	63 km SE	681	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Carnoët	22	438 km NW	673	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
Lopérec	29	463 km NW	828	51.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Vanxains	24	73 km SW	689	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Vollore-Ville	63	216 km E	718	56.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Salon-la-Tour	19	63 km SE	681	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Limalonges	79	65 km NW	843	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Vanxains	24	73 km SW	689	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Vollore-Ville	63	216 km E	718	56.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Carnoët	22	438 km NW	673	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
Lopérec	29	463 km NW	828	51.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · 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 Vayres'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
Salon-la-Tour	19	63 km SE	681	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Empurany	07	308 km E	571	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Verneil-le-Chétif	72	223 km N	584	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Doussay	86	127 km N	690	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Orsennes	36	104 km NE	696	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pouligny-Notre-Dame	36	122 km NE	639	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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