Biron

Dordogne · CC des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord · INSEE 24043

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Biron (INSEE 24043) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC des Bastides Dordogne-Périgord. Population 151 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 14,120 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.44
Housing mix	0.26	5	1.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE GOURMANDE DE BIRON). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE BIRON · BENLH). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING CAPFUN LE MOULINAL · PRL CASTELWOOD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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

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	L'EPICERIE GOURMANDE DE BIRON	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	2	AUBERGE DE BIRON · BENLH	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING CAPFUN LE MOULINAL · PRL CASTELWOOD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 123 peak 2012: 187 2023: 151 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 187 (2012) → 151 (2023): -19.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 132 (1990) → 151 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 141, of which 36.9 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.8 km SEPrimary school — 3.8 km SEGP — 4.0 km SEBakery — 5.8 km NPharmacy — 5.9 km N 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 (Monpazier): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lacapelle-Biron): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lacapelle-Biron): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Monpazier): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lacapelle-Biron): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.9

Muggy days a summer 4.4

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOLME weather station, 9 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 213 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BELVES, 18.1 km away at 238 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONPAZIER, 6.1 km away at 199 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24280
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47123
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
Le Frasnois	39	450 km NE	170	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Argein	09	189 km S	195	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Chalon	39	438 km NE	149	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Eyzahut	26	328 km E	151	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Collonge-en-Charollais	71	362 km NE	151	16	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Massoins	06	504 km E	138	13.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Argein	09	189 km S	195	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Eyzahut	26	328 km E	151	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Collonge-en-Charollais	71	362 km NE	151	16	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Chalon	39	438 km NE	149	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 %
Le Frasnois	39	450 km NE	170	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Massoins	06	504 km E	138	13.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · 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 Biron'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
Béhuard	49	327 km N	115	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lacave	09	177 km S	128	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Théminettes	46	78 km E	181	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Trucy-sur-Yonne	89	397 km NE	132	7.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Louzignac	17	159 km NW	176	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rudelle	46	80 km E	187	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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