Coux et Bigaroque-Mouzens

Identity

Coux et Bigaroque-Mouzens (INSEE 24142) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède. Population 1,244 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Mouzens (24298). ^[3]

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/24142-coux-et-bigaroque-mouzens

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 17 % of the 13,003 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D ALIENOR). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAR DU COUX). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE COUX ET BIGAROQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COUX ET BIGAROQUE MOUZENS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU COUX). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (BOHEME STUDIO). ^[4,5]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL LE PETIT CHAPERON ROUGE · LE CHAMBELLAN). ^[4,5]

3 × Campsite (INSPIRE VILLAGE SEVEILLES · CAMPING A LA FERME LA CARRAL · CAMPING LE CLOU). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,216 (2012) → 1,244 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 904 (1990) → 1,244 (2023): 37.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,029, of which 36.1 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Siorac-en-Périgord): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Siorac-en-Périgord): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Siorac-en-Périgord): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Siorac-en-Périgord): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Coux et Bigaroque-Mouzens): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

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

Measured at the BELVES weather station, 5.9 km away at 238 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[11]

The village sits 153 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 9 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELVES, 5.9 km away at 238 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 153 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 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE BUISSON CADO, 5.1 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24142/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24142/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24142/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24142/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24538
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24142
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024