Biras

Dordogne · CC Dronne et Belle · INSEE 24042

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biras (INSEE 24042) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Dronne et Belle. Population 731 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/24042-biras

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,211 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU DE LA COTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API BIRAS	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	1	BIRAS 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHATEAU DE LA COTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 344 2023: 731 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 613 (2012) → 731 (2023): 19.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 372 (1990) → 731 (2023): 96.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 361, of which 6.6 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.9 km NWGP — 6.3 km SEPharmacy — 6.3 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 (Bourdeilles): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Château-l'Évêque): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Château-l'Évêque): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Biras): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.1

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 5.3

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 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COULOUNIEIX weather station, 14.6 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[11]

The village sits 51 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 COULOUNIEIX SA, 13.3 km away at 172 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 941 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRANTOME, 7.7 km away at 129 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 — 24042/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24042/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24042/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24042/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24115
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
Heudicourt	27	457 km N	713	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 65 %
Beuste	64	240 km S	698	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Villeneuve-du-Paréage	09	250 km S	739	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Normanville	76	490 km N	651	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Amailloux	79	178 km NW	822	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Champagnolles	17	103 km W	687	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagnolles	17	103 km W	687	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Amailloux	79	178 km NW	822	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Beuste	64	240 km S	698	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Villeneuve-du-Paréage	09	250 km S	739	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Heudicourt	27	457 km N	713	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 65 %
Normanville	76	490 km N	651	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · 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 Biras'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
Villeneuve-du-Paréage	09	250 km S	739	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cybardeaux	16	74 km NW	771	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bayon-sur-Gironde	33	101 km W	734	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Les Essards	17	123 km NW	740	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Houlette	16	85 km NW	398	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse	33	100 km W	746	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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