Ajat
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ajat (INSEE 24004) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. Population 307 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 17,906 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.16 |
| Housing mix | 0.26 | 5 | 1.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (O' ST CANTEREAU). [4]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 3 | O' ST CANTEREAU | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 341 (2012) → 307 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 275 (1990) → 307 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 37.1 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Limeyrat): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fossemagne): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Fossemagne): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans): 9.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Limeyrat): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the THENON weather station, 5.2 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 206 m. [11]
The village sits 59 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at THENON, 5.2 km away at 265 m, over 19 summers. [11]
That station sits 59 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at THENON-MAN, 4.6 km away at 270 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 — 24004/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24004/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24004/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24004/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24241
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24188
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 24147
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champétières | 63 | 213 km E | 282 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Mesmin | 24 | 26 km NE | 343 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Michel-les-Portes | 38 | 361 km E | 285 | 21.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sommecaise | 89 | 344 km NE | 388 | 23.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bitry | 58 | 304 km NE | 308 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vijon | 36 | 165 km NE | 300 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mesmin | 24 | 26 km NE | 343 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vijon | 36 | 165 km NE | 300 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 % |
| Champétières | 63 | 213 km E | 282 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bitry | 58 | 304 km NE | 308 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sommecaise | 89 | 344 km NE | 388 | 23.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Michel-les-Portes | 38 | 361 km E | 285 | 21.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Ajat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bars | 24 | 7.3 km SE | 246 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Paul-Lizonne | 24 | 60 km W | 274 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac | 24 | 62 km NW | 234 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villac | 24 | 19 km E | 295 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champagne-et-Fontaine | 24 | 62 km NW | 346 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Veyrines-de-Vergt | 24 | 26 km SW | 244 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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