Le Vigen

Haute-Vienne · CU Limoges Métropole · INSEE 87205

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

Served 64.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Vigen (INSEE 87205) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CU Limoges Métropole. Population 2,310 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/87205-le-vigen

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 8,703 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	0.68	25	16.96
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.48	10	4.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.99	10	9.9
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · MB LIMOGES · LE FOURNIL DU VIGEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA BRIANCE). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOMEN LIMOGES · MAISON SARRE · 500 LE VIGEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · ACTION). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (BAP · LA POULETTE DOREE · MEUH ! · VIGEN RAPIDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (COMME A LA MAISON). ^[4]

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

2 × Collège (COLLEGE INNOVANT DE NOUVELLE AQUITAINE COLLEGE INNOVANT DE NOUVELLE AQUITAINE · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COLLEGE SAINT MARTIAL). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMMA HERAULT, MÉDECIN · ERIC CHABUT, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL FRUGIER, MÉDECIN · JULIEN SOULLIER, MÉDECIN · GREGOIRE BRUOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE VIGEN LOUISE MICHEL). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFF & CO · CYRUS-PARIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · MB LIMOGES · LE FOURNIL DU VIGEN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE LA BRIANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	BIOMEN LIMOGES · MAISON SARRE · 500 LE VIGEN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ALDI MARCHE · ACTION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	BAP · LA POULETTE DOREE · MEUH ! · VIGEN RAPIDE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	COMME A LA MAISON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE INNOVANT DE NOUVELLE AQUITAINE COLLEGE INNOVANT DE NOUVELLE AQUITAINE · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COLLEGE SAINT MARTIAL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	EMMA HERAULT, MÉDECIN · ERIC CHABUT, MÉDECIN · MICKAEL FRUGIER, MÉDECIN · JULIEN SOULLIER, MÉDECIN · GREGOIRE BRUOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [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	LE VIGEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LE VIGEN LOUISE MICHEL	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	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE D'AUVERGNE ET DU LIMOUSIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFF & CO · CYRUS-PARIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,044 2023: 2,310 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,051 (2012) → 2,310 (2023): 12.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,550 (1990) → 2,310 (2023): 49 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,050, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.2 km NW 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 (Le Vigen): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Vigen): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Vigen): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Solignac): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Vigen): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.7

Days at or below 0 °C 41.9

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LIMOGES VILLE weather station, 8.8 km away at 252 m; the village itself is at 234 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LIMOGES VILLE, 8.8 km away at 252 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 985 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LIMOGES VILLE, 8.8 km away at 252 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 — 87205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/24188f67-dd76-3f58-92a2-c16a340a843c— “Marché - Le Vigen”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87192
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
Gragnague	31	231 km S	2,553	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	01	315 km E	2,584	67.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Perreux	42	222 km E	2,111	62.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Oradour-sur-Glane	87	28 km NW	2,550	62.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Reventin-Vaugris	38	278 km E	2,035	58.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Le Tholonet	13	416 km SE	2,391	67.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Oradour-sur-Glane	87	28 km NW	2,550	62.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Perreux	42	222 km E	2,111	62.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Gragnague	31	231 km S	2,553	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Reventin-Vaugris	38	278 km E	2,035	58.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	01	315 km E	2,584	67.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Le Tholonet	13	416 km SE	2,391	67.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 53 % · 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 Le Vigen'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
Gaillan-en-Médoc	33	181 km W	2,385	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chef-Boutonne	79	113 km W	2,371	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Boivre-la-Vallée	86	130 km NW	3,024	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Savinien	17	153 km W	2,460	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Villié-Morgon	69	266 km E	2,148	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Laruscade	33	146 km SW	2,811	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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