Bussac

Identity

Bussac (INSEE 24069) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Dronne et Belle. Population 379 (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/24069-bussac

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,037 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PARVIS · TRAVELLING CANTINE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hairdresser (HD COIFFURE · WOODFORD JOANNE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 366 (2012) → 379 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 267 (1990) → 379 (2023): 41.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 9.6 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Chapelle-Gonaguet): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Biras): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lisle): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lisle): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Biras): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COULOUNIEIX weather station, 13.7 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 127 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 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COULOUNIEIX SA, 12.9 km away at 172 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 876 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TOCANE ST APRE, 9.6 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 145,000 € — 1,019 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Dordogne is 1,186 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24069/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24069/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24069/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24069/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24108
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24042
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24243
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025