Coulaures

Identity

Coulaures (INSEE 24137) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord. Population 768 (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/24137-coulaures

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 15,882 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

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EI GUERRIER- FOURNIL DES ACACIAS). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL DU BATIMENT L E P CHARDEUIL · SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 737 (2012) → 768 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 743 (1990) → 768 (2023): 3.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 477, of which 10.3 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Coulaures): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martial-d'Albarède): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Savignac-les-Églises): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Savignac-les-Églises): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Coulaures): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DUSSAC weather station, 13.7 km away at 335 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[11]

The village sits 207 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 DUSSAC, 13.7 km away at 335 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 207 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 1,114 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DUSSAC, 13.7 km away at 335 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

58 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 138,250 € — 1,330 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Dordogne is 1,186 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 24137/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24137/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24137/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24137/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24137
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24448
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24527
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025