Les Lèches

Dordogne · CC Isle et Crempse en Périgord · INSEE 24234

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Lèches (INSEE 24234) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Isle et Crempse en Périgord. Population 389 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 21.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 18,014 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.71
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (BOUCLE D'AUR). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 LES HIRONDELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	BOUCLE D'AUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 324 2023: 389 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 343 (2012) → 389 (2023): 13.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 306 (1990) → 389 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 9.4 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.2 km NBakery — 5.4 km NFood shop — 5.4 km NPharmacy — 5.4 km N 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 (Mussidan): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mussidan): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mussidan): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mussidan): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Lèches): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.3

Muggy days a summer 8.8

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 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MUSSIDAN weather station, 5.2 km away at 59 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTPON, 17.2 km away at 79 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 860 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MUSSIDAN, 5.2 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24234/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24234/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24234/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24234/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24234
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
Autreville-sur-la-Renne	52	494 km NE	386	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
La Chapelle-Moutils	77	479 km NE	400	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Larreule	65	174 km S	379	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boudy-de-Beauregard	47	56 km SE	392	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Ardiège	31	215 km S	381	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Bazinval	76	559 km N	403	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boudy-de-Beauregard	47	56 km SE	392	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Larreule	65	174 km S	379	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Ardiège	31	215 km S	381	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
La Chapelle-Moutils	77	479 km NE	400	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Autreville-sur-la-Renne	52	494 km NE	386	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Bazinval	76	559 km N	403	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 69 %

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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 Les Lèches'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
Escoire	24	44 km NE	401	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Caixon	65	178 km S	340	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Beauronne	24	12 km N	372	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Siarrouy	65	188 km S	453	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiers	18	253 km NE	409	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Gomer	64	199 km S	298	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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