Fossemagne

Identity

Fossemagne (INSEE 24188) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. Population 556 (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/24188-fossemagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,459 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON MONTEIL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KOUADJO JOSEPH KOFFI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (CAMPING DU MANOIR). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU MANOIRE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 612 (2012) → 556 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 535 (1990) → 556 (2023): 3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 14.3 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Limeyrat): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fossemagne): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fossemagne): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac): 8.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fossemagne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the THENON weather station, 4.5 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 205 m. ^[11]

The village sits 60 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 THENON, 4.5 km away at 265 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 60 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 917 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THENON, 4.5 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24188/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24188/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24188/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24188/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24241
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24188
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24356
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024