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Berbiguières

Dordogne · CC Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède · INSEE 24036

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 6.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berbiguières (INSEE 24036) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède. Population 177 (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/24036-berbiguieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 15,245 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.48104.78
Housing mix0.251

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 159 peak 2017: 182 2023: 177 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 172 (2012) → 177 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 181 (1990) → 177 (2023): -2.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 155, of which 40 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.2 km NE (Castels et Bézenac)Food shop — 3.2 km N (Saint-Cyprien)GP — 3.6 km N (Saint-Cyprien)Primary school — 3.7 km N (Saint-Cyprien)Pharmacy — 4.6 km W (Siorac-en-Périgord)
Bakery — 3.2 km NEFood shop — 3.2 km NGP — 3.6 km NPrimary school — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 4.6 km W 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 (Castels et Bézenac): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Cyprien): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Cyprien): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Siorac-en-Périgord): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Cyprien): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BELVES weather station, 9 km away at 238 m; the village itself is at 148 m. [11]

The village sits 90 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 7 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BELVES, 9 km away at 238 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 90 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 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BELVES, 7.4 km away at 142 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 — 24036/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24036/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24036/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24036/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24087
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24396
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24538
  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
Balaguier-d'Olt1281 km SE1799.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Reine73408 km E17710.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Nadaillac-de-Rouge4630 km E18012.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martial-Viveyrol2480 km NW1843.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Valle-di-Rostino2B713 km E16713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 20 % · humidity 79 %
Mairé86226 km N1737.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nadaillac-de-Rouge4630 km E18012.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martial-Viveyrol2480 km NW1843.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Balaguier-d'Olt1281 km SE1799.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Mairé86226 km N1737.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Reine73408 km E17710.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Valle-di-Rostino2B713 km E16713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 20 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Berbiguières'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Martial-Viveyrol2480 km NW1843.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Larzac249.9 km S14511.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrance64238 km SW1522.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André-de-Double2467 km NW1627.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac2485 km NW2345.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lolme2421 km SW19114.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %