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Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare

Dordogne · CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir · INSEE 24229

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

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare (INSEE 24229) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Terrassonnais Haut Périgord Noir. Population 1,672 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/24229-le-lardin-saint-lazare

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 10,820 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.472511.74
Social0.752014.97
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.32103.17
Housing mix0.8754.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DES VIEILLES PIERRES · VEZOLLE · LA TOURTE DU LARDIN). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (O'3CHATAIGNES · PETIT CASINO). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA TABLE GOURMANDE · VEZERE KEBAP · LA PAPETERIE A PIZZAS · SARL ROMAIN). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BAR AUX MAITRES · CAFE DES SPORTS). [4]

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

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES PAPETERIES · SALLES DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORD). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE HUITIEME ART · L HAIR DU TEMPS). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3LE FOURNIL DES VIEILLES PIERRES · VEZOLLE · LA TOURTE DU LARDININSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2O'3CHATAIGNES · PETIT CASINOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4LA TABLE GOURMANDE · VEZERE KEBAP · LA PAPETERIE A PIZZAS · SARL ROMAININSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE BAR AUX MAITRES · CAFE DES SPORTSINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CYPRIEN BRARDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES PAPETERIES · SALLES DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHARENTE-PERIGORDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser3LE HUITIEME ART · L HAIR DU TEMPSINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,761 peak 1990: 2,047 2023: 1,672 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,862 (2012) → 1,672 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,047 (1990) → 1,672 (2023): -18.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,025, of which 6.3 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 5.6 km E (Terrasson-Lavilledieu)Pharmacy — 6.0 km E (Terrasson-Lavilledieu)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Terrasson-Lavilledieu): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Terrasson-Lavilledieu): 6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the THENON weather station, 14.8 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 86 m. [10]

The village sits 179 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at THENON, 14.8 km away at 265 m, over 19 summers. [10]

That station sits 179 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at TERRASSON-LAVILLEDIEU, 5.3 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24229/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24229/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24229/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24229/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24229
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24547
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gaël35425 km NW1,61347Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne44337 km NW1,60648.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Mansac1913 km E1,55450.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont70499 km NE1,42643.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 14 % · humidity 57 %
Vernantes49268 km N2,00455.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Dingé35423 km NW1,70539.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mansac1913 km E1,55450.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Vernantes49268 km N2,00455.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne44337 km NW1,60648.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Dingé35423 km NW1,70539.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Gaël35425 km NW1,61347Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont70499 km NE1,42643.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 14 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gensac-la-Pallue16129 km NW1,62741.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Lusignan47115 km SW1,50147.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Château-l'Évêque2444 km W2,15841.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens33115 km W1,34451.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Prayssas47109 km SW99366.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Grignols33130 km SW1,21658.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %