La Force

Dordogne · CA Bergeracoise · INSEE 24222

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Force (INSEE 24222) is in Dordogne (24), part of CA Bergeracoise. Population 2,702 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/24222-la-force

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 7,791 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.7	10	6.95
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 0 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETIT COIN GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MAX BRAMERIE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADRIAN LACAZE, MÉDECIN · LUC FONTAINE, MÉDECIN · SARAH SOUFFES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FORCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA FORCE LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MARC CAZALIS LA FORCE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU SIVOS · FONDATION JOHN BOST SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (AGENCE LA FORCE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE BAPTISTE · COIFFURE VIRGINIE · VIN SBARBER EI VINCENT LISA · AUTHENTIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE PETIT COIN GOURMAND	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MAX BRAMERIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ADRIAN LACAZE, MÉDECIN · LUC FONTAINE, MÉDECIN · SARAH SOUFFES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA FORCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA FORCE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MARC CAZALIS LA FORCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU SIVOS · FONDATION JOHN BOST SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	AGENCE LA FORCE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	COIFFURE BAPTISTE · COIFFURE VIRGINIE · VIN SBARBER EI VINCENT LISA · AUTHENTIQUE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Saturday De 9h à 13h Place de la mairie. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,803 2023: 2,702 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,563 (2012) → 2,702 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 2,261 (1990) → 2,702 (2023): 19.5 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,304, of which 3.4 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.0 km E 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 (Prigonrieux): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (La Force): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

GP (La Force): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (La Force): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Force): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.8

Days at or below 0 °C 51.8

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST LAURENT VIGN weather station, 4.6 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 63 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BERGERAC TABAC, 11.8 km away at 33 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST LAURENT VIGN, 4.6 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24222/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.laforce-dordogne.fr/agenda— “Tous les samedis matin”
DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/9e1e4289-e4a6-3c9e-91e3-8d49ff88d931— “Marché traditionnel du samedi.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24222/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24222/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24222/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24222
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
Amanvillers	57	643 km NE	2,188	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Duttlenheim	67	682 km NE	3,011	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Salles-sur-Mer	17	177 km NW	2,465	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Fessenheim	68	645 km NE	2,345	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Ennery	57	656 km NE	2,322	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	273 km NW	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Salles-sur-Mer	17	177 km NW	2,465	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	273 km NW	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Amanvillers	57	643 km NE	2,188	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 %
Fessenheim	68	645 km NE	2,345	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 43 %
Ennery	57	656 km NE	2,322	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Duttlenheim	67	682 km NE	3,011	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %

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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 La Force'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
Labouheyre	40	126 km SW	2,906	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Landiras	33	71 km SW	2,310	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Castets	40	163 km SW	2,516	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Maubourguet	65	158 km S	2,242	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Caudrot	33	52 km SW	1,134	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Réole	33	46 km SW	4,487	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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